Mistreatment, abuse, and neglect in nursing facilities are often the result of the nursing staff or other caregivers not providing the resident care according to established standards of quality. Their inappropriate behavior often leads to harm, injury, or wrongful death. In other incidents, the victim is assaulted by other residents.
If your loved one was harmed while living in an Osceola County nursing facility, contact the Florida nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers handle your case to ensure you receive monetary compensation. We will use the law to hold those responsible for causing the harm legally accountable.
This long-term care facility is a 120-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Saint Cloud and Osceola County, Florida. The "non-profit" home is located at:
4201 W New Nolte Road
Saint Cloud, Florida 34772 (407) 957-3341
Solaris Healthcare Osceola Nursing Facility
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Solaris Healthcare Osceola Nursing Facility offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $269,511 for substandard care
The investigators for the federal government and state of Florida nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services if the nursing facility is cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Solaris Healthcare Osceola Nursing Facility for $269,511 on April 27, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on April 27, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility self-reported two serious problems over the last thirty-six months 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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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, three out of five stars for staffing issues, and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to honor [a resident’s] advance directives to provide basic life support and initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).” The resident “had advance directives that did not include withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at admission.”
At 4:55 AM, the resident “was found in bed, unresponsive with an absence of vital signs.” The facility failed to verify the resident did not have an order for CPR due this failure “to provide CPR for [the resident’s] advance directives, Physician’s orders, and per facility policy denied [the resident’s] wishes for resuscitation. This [failure] resulted in a substandard quality of care and an Immediate Jeopardy.”
The investigation involved a female resident “admitted to the facility from the hospital [for a] short-term rehabilitation following a left ‘below the knee’ amputation.” The Social Services Director stated that “[the resident] was alert and oriented to time, place, and person, and advance directives were discussed at admission.” The Director said that the resident “stated she was a full code. Code status refers to the desire for resuscitation efforts should the need arise.”
Unless the patient “specifically requests not to be resuscitated [DNR – Do Not Resuscitate], CPR is performed.” The Director stated that the resident “did not make any changes to her advance directives.”
A Nursing Progress Note documented at 5:37 AM by a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) indicated that a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) was making rounds and went to check the resident. When entering the resident’s room, the resident was noted to be “cool to the touch with no pulse, respiration, or blood pressure.” Another nurse entered the room to “verify that there was no pulse, respiration or blood pressure.”
The Nursing Progress Notes “did not include any documentation regarding [the resident’s] DNR/code status, initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), or any calls to 911.” The LPN stated that “[the resident] was not a DNR, but she said she was not thinking and did not initiate CPR.” She also stated that the Registered Nurse (RN) “did not suggest or initiate CPR.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Solaris Healthcare Osceola Nursing Facility? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Osceola County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Saint Cloud.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home