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This facility is a "non-profit" 111-certified bed long term care center providing care and services to residents of Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating home is located at:
6210 Beach Blvd
Jacksonville, Florida 32216
(904) 345-8100
University Crossing Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, University Crossing Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care. The facility also provides inpatient and outpatient comprehensive rehab services involving and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
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.
The nursing home received one complaint over the last thirty-six months 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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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, 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 ensure adequate behavioral monitoring for one resident reviewed for unnecessary medications.” The state investigators observed the severely, cognitively impaired resident “positioned, leaning on his right side in his high-back chair. He had a blank stare on his face, and he did not respond to an attempt to converse with him. His eyes were matted, and he was drooling on his shirt collar.”
The survey team reviewed the resident’s Current Physician’s Orders that showed an increase in the resident’s medications given orally at bedtime for agitation. A review of the resident’s Progress Notesbetween January 5, 2017, and January 18, 2017, documented that on January 17, 2018, at 3:45 PM, “the resident had a behavioral episode. Further review revealed no behavioral monitoring was documented related to the use of [the resident’s antipsychotic medication].”
The Director of Nursing confirmed that “the nursing staff was not monitoring the resident’s behavior. She stated, it is usually done for more long-term residents, and [this resident] was recently admitted.” A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) stated that sometimes the resident “refused morning care, waking up, and his morning meal, which required her to redirect him.”
A second CNA confirmed that the resident sometimes refuses morning care. The Unit Manager revealed, “the resident sometimes refused morning care and acted grumpy.”
The facility “failed to provide the necessary treatment and services consistent with professional standards of practice to promote healing and prevent worsening of pressure ulcers by failing to provide care for [one resident].”
The state investigators reviewed a resident’s Nursing Admission Evaluation Form that indicated that the resident had “an open area in the center of his coccyx, measuring 1.0 cm x 1.0 cm x 1.5 cm with a depth of 0.2 cm.” The survey team asked the Unit Manager to provide a wound care order written before that date. A review of the electronic Medical Records indicated that no order could be found. The manager stated that “there is no way he did not have something in place until February 7, 2018.”
However, the Unit Manager confirmed on March 8, 2018, that “no treatment order was put in place for his coccygeal pressure ulcer until February 7, 2018” saying that “usually does not happen.”
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at University Crossing 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 Duval County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Jacksonville.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home