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This long-term care facility is a 99-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services and cares to residents of Daytona Beach and Volusia County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
1001 S Beach Street
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
(386) 258-3334
Sandalwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Sandalwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care and respiratory services.
Fined $12,012 for substandard care
Both the federal government and the state of Florida have the legal responsibility to levy monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if a nursing home violates established rules and regulations that harm or could have harmed residents.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Sandalwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $5,424 fine on August 08, 2017, and a $6,588 fine on August 08, 2017, for a total of $12,012. During this time, Medicare denied payment on August 08, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
The nursing home received four 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 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, three 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 for pain timely and provide interventions for pain relief for [two residents].” In one case, a resident “was on a scheduled pain medication regimen and did not receive non-medication interventions for pain, and currently was not in pain.”
The last pain assessment completed on October 12, 2018, revealed that the resident “was not in pain, had [a medication] and Tylenol ordered, and they were effective.” However, the resident completed a grievance report on October 19, 2018, “alleging that [the nurse] did not give them his medications on time at night.”
Documentation shows that on October 27, 2018, the resident “reported bilateral hips hurt due to being jolted on the van going to IHOP. A report was faxed to the Physician requesting pain medication.” The Progress Notes on October 28, 2018, revealed the Physician’s orders. When asked how he feels, he stated “he did not feel anything.”
The next Progress Note dated November 1, 2018, at 6:00 AM revealed that the resident “had just been awake most of the night, respirations labored on room air, blood pressure was 180/90 and temperature was 99.3°F. The day shift nurse stated that the resident was not acting right. The Physician was called, and he ordered the resident to be sent out to the hospital for evaluation.”
The Physician received a note that the patient had “got a jolt in his wheelchair coming off the van ramp. Bilateral hips are hurting, and [the patient] wants a pain prescription. Stronger than Tylenol.”
The investigators interviewed the resident on December 4, 2018, just after noon. The resident stated, “he did not remember why he went out to the hospital earlier this month. He stated last night that [the nurse] did not give him his pain medication. It was an agency nurse. His pain level was eight now. He stated that the day shift nurse knew that. He stated he got his pain medicine about an hour ago, and it had not kicked in yet.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Sandalwood Rehabilitation 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 Volusia County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Daytona Beach.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home