Never before in American history have so many senior citizens have entered their retirement years. The advancing age of this massive population has increased the need for additional beds in nursing homes and placed a significant demand on the number of Nurses and Nurse’s Aides required to meet their needs. Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs and many facilities nationwide.
If your loved one was injured or died unexpectedly while living in a Broward County nursing facility, contact the Florida nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation from recovering your monetary damages.
This long-term care center is a "for-profit" 83-certified bed home providing care to residents of Pompano Beach and Broward County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
2401 NE 2nd Street
Pompano Beach, Florida 33062
(954) 943-5100
Seaview Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Seaview Nursing and Rehabilitation 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.
The investigators and surveyors for Medicare and the state of Florida have the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services any time a nursing home is cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
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 two out of five stars concerning health inspections, two 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 ensure appropriate care and services were provided to prevent the development of a pressure ulcer for [one resident] reviewed for pressure ulcers.”
The state investigative team reviewed the facility’s Clinical Guidelines on treating wounds and skin issues. The overview indicated “to provide a system for identifying skin at risk, implementing individual interventions including evaluation of monitoring as indicated to promote skin health, healing, and decrease worsening of/prevention of pressure injury.”
A review of a resident’s medical records indicated that the patient had “developed a pressure ulcer on the right buttock while in the facility. The resident’s admission assessment indicated the resident was independent for bed mobility, ambulates with a walker, and uses a chair cushion.”
The Director of Nursing stated that the wound was identified on the day of discharge. The Director stated that “she wanted to keep the resident in the facility another few days to have the Wound Specialist evaluate and treat the wound, but the granddaughter refused and wanted to take her home.”
The Director stated that “possibly the resident did not want the Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) to clean under her breasts and her bottom and will look for CNA nursing documentation to that fact.” However, a skin evaluation done on the day of her discharge revealed that the resident had a Stage II pressure ulcer with no drainage measuring 1.1 cm x 1.1 cm.
The nursing home “failed to properly assess [one resident] reviewed for a range of motion.” This deficient practice was evidenced by the facility’s failure “to address a splint use for [a resident] who was observed with a left-hand contracture.”
The state surveyors observed the resident “in bed in his room [with] a severe left-hand contracture with the palm of the left-hand bent down to his left inner wrists.” The surveyors asked the resident, “if he wore a splint on his left hand.” The resident responded that “he did not think so.” The surveyors “did not observe any splint device in plain view of the resident’s room.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Seaview Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Broward County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Pompano Beach.
You will not be charged to discuss your case with our legal team during an initial, free case review. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means that you will owe us nothing until we have secured financial compensation on your behalf.
Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home