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This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 120-certified bed home providing care to residents of Auburndale and Polk County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
919 Old Winter Haven Rd
Auburndale, Florida 33823
(863) 967-4125
NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Oak Haven Rehab and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
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It is the responsibility of federal and state investigators to penalize any nursing home that has violated a rule or regulation that caused harm or could have caused harm to a resident. Many of these penalties involve monetary fines or denial of payment for Medicare services.
SFF Designation – This facility maintains an SFS designation. Medicare defines this designation as a “nursing home with a history of persistent poor quality of care, as indicated by the findings of the State of federal inspection teams.” This means that “the facility subjected to more frequent inspections, escalating penalties, and the potential termination for Medicare and Medicaid.”
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Oak Haven Rehab and Nursing Center for $147,689 on November 06, 2018, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on November 06, 2018, due to a lack of quality care.
The nursing home received eighteen 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “neglected [a resident] by failing to ensure nursing staff provided the necessary oversight to direct care staff during the breakfast meal.” The investigation involved one resident “requiring supervision or assistance with meals.”
The resident “was known for obtaining and eating food of the texture that was not compliant with her diet order, which was puréed. The breakfast trays for both [the resident] and her roommate, who was on a mechanical soft diet, were delivered to [the residents’] room.”
The injured resident “was allowed to remain in the room alone, unsupervised and was found nonresponsive, without breath or pulse. The staff was able to eject chunks of the roommate’s mechanical soft meal from her throat during compressions in a procedure described as a modified [Heimlich] maneuver.”
The resident “had been identified by the Speech Therapists as needing 100% supervision at meals to remain safe.” The Registered Dietitian provided a purée diet “due to [the resident] being a compulsive eater who did not like purée consistency of food and was known to take food off other residents’ trays.”
The resident’s medical records indicated that the resident had “an Impulse Disorder and was to be discouraged from taking food off other residents’ trays.” Interventions include monitoring the resident during mealtimes.
It was determined that “the facility’s failure to provide the necessary oversight of nursing staff to ensure [the resident] was not provided with an opportunity to obtain a breakfast of foods not in compliance with her diet, failure to file their policy, and failure to follow their professional staff’s recommendations and [the resident’s] Care Plan, represented a failure and put [the resident] at high risk of aspiration and death.”
This failure also “had the potential to affect other residents that require assistance and supervision during meals.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Oak Haven Rehab and Nursing Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Polk County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Auburndale.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home