Many families have limited options on how to handle their loved one’s care who requires nursing assistants in a facility outside their home. Many of these family members choose to relocate their loved one into a Miami-Dade County nursing facility only to realize they been victimized through neglect or mistreatment by caregivers, employees, or other residents.
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This nursing home is a Medicare and Medicaid-participating "non-profit" center providing care and services to residents of North Bay Village and Miami-Dade County, Florida. The 176-certified bed nursing facility is located at:
1735 N Treasure Drive
North Bay Village, Florida 33141
(305) 865-2383
Treasure Isle Care Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Treasure Isle Care Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services involving and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $13,627 for substandard care
Both the State of Florida and the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility is found to violate established regulations and rules. The greater the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Treasure Isle Care Center for $13,627 on May 10, 2018, citing substandard care. The nursing home received three 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 five out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to prevent a major injury which resulted from a fall. The resident sustained [injuries].” This “practice has the potential to affect all 166 residents present in the facility at the time of the survey.”
A review of the resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) Discharge/Return Anticipated Assessment dated March 24, 2018, indicated that the resident had “no cognitive impairment, [but] requires extensive assist with 2+ person physical assist for transfer, toilet use, and the resident had one fall [without] a major injury.” However, additional information recorded that the resident “had no falls in the last ninety days.”
The resident’s Fall Care Plan documents that the resident “does not call for assistance despite encouragement to ask for help. Poor safety awareness [with a goal to] minimize the risk of an additional fall and fall-related injuries from a preventable fall through the next review date.” However, review of the Care Plan and its updates and revisions show that there was no documentation “to assist in preventing falls that could potentially result in a fracture.”
A nursing assistant informed the nurse that she had “noted the resident on the floor, upon arrival. The resident was noted on the floor in a sitting position.” The document says that the resident had stated, “I fell on the floor while trying to sit on the toilet. The resident is alert and verbally responsive, denied pain at this time, respite duration was even and long labored.”
Four days later on March 24, 2018, the resident began complaining of pain of the right leg that was tender to the touch. The nursing staff provided Tylenol and ordered an x-ray. A review of the resident’s Medication Administration Record indicated that the facility staff “was to monitor pain every shift.” The lab results indicated the resident did suffer an injury involving “acute right femoral right neck fracture.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Treasure Isle Care Center? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Miami-Dade County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including North Bay Village.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home