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This facility is a 120-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Panama City and Bay County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
2100 Jenks Ave
Panama City, Florida 32405
(850) 763-0446
St Andrews Bay Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, St Andrews Bay Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care, and comprehensive restorative care involving physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $353,935 for substandard care
Both the federal government and the state of Florida can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare of any nursing facility that has been found to have violated the established nursing home rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against St Andrews Bay Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $345,940 fine on January 11, 2019, and a $7,995 fine on October 06, 2017, for a total of $353,935.
This nursing facility received four complaints and self-reported two 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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Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the Florida Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one 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 [a resident’s] sample for an insulin review was free from neglectful medication administration practices by the facility staff.” Specifically, “[the nurse] failed to report a significant insulation medication error for five days,” resulting in injury.
It was also noted that the facility “failed to ensure a sufficient corrective action plan was developed and implemented to correct negligent nursing practices related to blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration, resulting in significant insolent medication errors for [two residents].” The deficient practice also caused a “failure to prevent blood glucose monitoring and insulin dose issues for [six current residents] within the facility receiving diabetic monitoring and treatment.”
The surveyors determined that the situation “resulted in a finding of Immediate Jeopardy.”
Failure to Ensure Nurses and Nurse Aides Have Appropriate Competencies to Care for Every Resident in a Way That Maximizes Each Resident’s Well-Being – citation #F726 date January 11, 2019
The “facility failed to ensure nursing staff had appropriate training and competency evaluations with diabetes management, including blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration for [nine residents] sampled for insulin review. This failure resulted in the death of [one resident], significant medication errors for [two other residents], and continued risk of injury to [six current residents] in the facility receiving diabetic management.”
The facility’s abuse report involving the resident dated November 20, 2018. The report revealed that five days earlier, on November 15, 2018, during an evening medication pass, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) “entered [a resident] room with medications for [the residents in both the A-bed and B-bed].”
The medications “taken into [the resident’s] room included twenty-eight units of long-acting insulin which was scheduled to be administered at 4:30 PM for [the resident in the B bed].” However, “[the nurse] injected the insulin subcutaneously into [the other resident that was in the A-bed]. Per the investigation conducted by the facility, at the time of the administration, [the resident] stated, ‘what shot?’ and [the nurse] realized her mistake.”
The nurse “reported she checked [the resident’s] blood sugar and found it to be 126 mg/dL, which is within the normal range, so she did not report the incident.”
The resident was transferred to the hospital the following morning after becoming “unresponsive to verbal or painful stimuli.” The resident “had no history of diabetes or order to receive insulin.” Six days later, on November 22, 2018, the resident “passed away.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at St Andrews Bay Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Bay County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Panama City.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home