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This center is a 116-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services to residents of Lake Worth and Palm Beach County, Florida. The "for-profit" long-term care home is located at:
1710 Lake Worth Road
Lake Worth, Florida 33460
(561) 582-5331
Medicana Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Medicana Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Both Florida and the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility has been found to violate established regulations and rules. The higher the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
The nursing home received one complaint over the last thirty-six months 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 the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, 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, four out of five stars for staffing issues, and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to assess and treat a blackened heel in a timely manner as requested by [the resident].” The deficient practice involved a cognitively intact resident at the facility whose Care Plan indicated she “was at risk for impaired skin integrity [with] no present skin breakdown.”
The surveyors interviewed the resident on May 21, 2018, who stated that “she was waiting on a nurse to inform her about her heel.” The resident stated that “she had got her toenails cut, and the doctor told her she had a black spot on her right heel.” The resident told the surveyors that “it went away, but it was back again.”
The resident said that “her right heel was hurting, and she had told a Nurse’s Aide while getting cleaned up about a week ago, but nothing was done.” The resident said that “she spoke with her daughter, and her daughter told her to tell the nurse.” The surveyors observed the resident’s right heel that had a “quarter-sized black spot.” A check of the resident’s Physician’s orders revealed “there was no documentation for the reason for the order.”
The survey team interviewed the Unit Manager, who stated that she was made aware of the resident “complaining of discoloration and pain to the right heel.” The Unit Manager said that the resident had informed her in passing and acknowledged that “there was no documentation regarding the reason for the order for the skin prep to [the resident’s] right heel or a podiatry consult.”
Additionally, “there was no documentation of the condition of [the resident’s] right heel.” The surveyors interviewed the resident’s daughter, who stated that when the resident “was discharged from the facility the last time, she had taken her to a podiatrist and was told it was a bedsore on her right heel. The daughter further stated it was being treated and cured.”
However, the daughter stated that the resident had said that the heel was hurting again and that “the black mark was back. The daughter stated she told her to tell the nurse.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered harm, injury, mistreatment, neglect, or died prematurely while living at Medicana Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Palm Beach County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Lake Worth.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home