Every nursing home in Florida has a legal obligation to provide each patient with the highest level of care according to established standards of quality. Unfortunately, many nursing staff will fail to follow the traditional procedures and protocols that can lead to preventable accidents, injuries, and the development of life-threatening bedsores.
If your loved one was injured while residing in Duval County nursing facility, contact the Florida nursing home affiliate attorneys now for help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers has successfully resolved many compensation cases just like yours, and we can help your family too.
This nursing facility is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating home providing services to residents of Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida. The 120-certified bed long-term care center is located at:
9355 San Jose Blvd
Jacksonville, Florida 32257
(904) 739-0877
San Jose Health and Rehab Facility
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, San Jose 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.
Both the federal government and the state of Florida can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if any nursing facility is found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
The nursing home received ten 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 Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all 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 one out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to follow accepted standards of nursing practice regarding care for [one resident] and documentation of vital signs for [another resident].” This failure “exposed the resident’s potential clinical complications.”
The state investigators reviewed a resident’s Admission Care Plan and medical records. The surveyors say that “for the check of fistula/bruit/thrill, there were no initials that it was checked on the 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM shift” on numerous occasions between April 21, 2016, and April 30, 2016.
The surveyors indicated that “for the removal of the dressing from [the resident’s] fistula, there were no initials to indicate that the dressing had ever been removed as it was prescribed for hours after her return from [medical treatment].”
The facility “failed to provide necessary care and services for [one resident] and document vital signs for [another resident]. Lack of monitoring and assessment can cause worsening of the condition and health complications.” In one case, a review of the resident’s Nurse’s Notes from February 2, 2016, to February 12, 2016, showed that the resident, on February 3, 2016, was receiving 2.08 L of oxygen.
However, the nursing staff failed to obtain or record vital signs, but the resident “continued to have 2.0 L of oxygen via nasal cannula.” Documents four days later, on February 7, 2016, noted that “[the resident] had a cough but continued to have oxygen at 2.0 L per minute.” Two days later, on February 9, 2016, the coughing continued, “but there was no documentation of vital signs for the 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM or 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM shifts.”
By February 11, 2016, during the 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM shift, the resident “complained of feeling unwell, and continued to have oxygen at 2.0 L per minute.”
Later that day, the resident was found “drooling and unresponsive with no palpable pulse.” The investigators look for a SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) guide sheet that would have directed the nursing staff to check “respiration, finger stick for diabetic residents, blood pressure, apical heart rate, and oxygen saturation. These were not done at the time but were conducted when the paramedics were on the scene at 1:30 AM.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at San Jose 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 Duval County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Jacksonville.
Discuss your case with us now through an initial case consultation at no charge to you. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we postpone payment for our services until after we have secured a monetary recovery on your behalf.
Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home