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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 120-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Sarasota and Sarasota County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1507 S Tuttle Ave
Sarasota, Florida 34239
(941) 366-0336
Magnolia Health and Rehab Facility
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Magnolia Health and Rehab Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $61,094 for substandard care
Florida and the federal government have the legal obligation to monitor every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if the home has violated established nursing home regulations and rules. In severe cases, the nursing facility will receive multiple penalties if investigators find the violations are severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Magnolia Health and Rehab Facility, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $44,747 fine on April 12, 2017, and a $16,347 fine on October 20, 2016, for a total of $61,094. During this time, Medicare denied payment on April 12, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
The nursing home received twelve complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Florida Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of Florida and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home failed to ensure that “residents are free from significant medication errors for [three residents] sampled for medications.” One resident “received medication patches without removal of old ones.”
The two other residents “did not receive their pain medication timely as ordered.” The excess of the medication patches “may increase side effects. Delays in pain medication have the potential for decreased pain control. The patch use had not been audited as per the Quality Assurance Plan.”
The state investigators interviewed a resident’s daughter, who said that her mother received Neupro patches each day. The daughter said that “she has found more than one of the medication patches on her mother’s back on several occasions.” The daughter had indicated that she had reported the problem to the Director of Nursing and that the last time she “had seen two patches on her mother was on January 24, 2019.”
The state investigators reviewed WebMD to show that the symptoms of the Neupro patch for an overdose could include changes in mood and mental status involving hallucinations and confusion. Additionally, uncontrolled movements can be a serious side effect. The website indicates that “an accumulation of patches can result in an overdose.”
The surveyors interviewed the Director of Nursing who verified “she had observed two patches on the resident’s back at the same time on January 24, 2019. She said she had initiated a Quality Assurance Plan to prevent further issues.” The Director indicated that two nurses were now required to sign for the removal of all medication patches in the facility.
The Director stated that the resident had also “not received the Neupro patch as ordered by the Physician [and that] audits had not been completed three times weekly after the resident had been found with two patches on her back.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Magnolia Health and Rehab Facility? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Sarasota County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Sarasota.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home