Deciding to entrust the medical team at a nursing home to provide a loved one the highest level of care can never be easy. In some situations, Nurses and Nurse’s Aides will assure the family that they follow established standards of care when, in fact, that does not happen. Without warning, their loved one can be victimized through mistreatment, neglect or abuse due to mismanagement, insufficient staffing, or poor hiring practices.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Lee County nursing facility, contact the Florida nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal help. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure your family receives financial compensation to recover your damages. We can begin working on your case now.
This nursing center is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Fort Myers and Lee County, Florida. The 180-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
2310 N Airport Road
Fort Myers, Florida 33907
(239) 931-8401
Page Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Page Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $243,484 for substandard care
The federal government, through nursing home regulatory agencies, can impose fines or deny payment for Medicare services for any nursing facility with severe violations of rules and regulations. Typically, hefty fines are levied against the nursing home when the most egregious violations have occurred that harmed or could harm a resident.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed three monetary penalties against Page Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $410 fine on November 29, 2018, a $13,905 fine on November 29, 2018, and a $229,169 fine on April 06, 2017, for a total of $243,484. During this time, Medicare denied payment on November 29, 2018, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received seven complaints and self-reported three serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Florida Adult Protective Services Website.
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To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Florida and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
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 five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to ensure the required information in the facility policy for abuse, neglect, and exploitation protects all residents during their abuse investigation.”
The state investigators interviewed the Director of Nursing on March 13, 2019, who reviewed the policy and “confirmed that if the suspected abuser was a staff member, this policy does not indicate how residents in the facility would be protected during an abuse investigation.”
The facility “failed to submit the required five-day report to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for a suspected abuse allegation.” The state and federal laws require that “suspected abuse reporting is mandatory.”
The investigators reviewed a resident’s record that showed that “there was an allegation of abuse on February 24, 2019. The report showed [the Director of Nursing] did this investigation.”
An investigator review showed that “there was no documentation report indicating the facility submitted the required five-day Federal report to the Agency for Health Care Administration.”
The state surveyors interviewed the Director of Nursing who reviewed the investigative record for the resident and indicated that “this was an abuse investigation and confirmed that she did not send the five-day federal report.”
The facility did not follow their abuse policy for submitting the required reports to the AHCA” that reads in part, “the facility will report all alleged violations and all substantiated incidents to the appropriate State agencies as required and will take all necessary corrective actions depending on the result of the investigation.”
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Page Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Lee County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Fort Myers.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home