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This long-term care facility is a 59-certified bed "non-profit" home providing services and cares to residents of Bradenton and Manatee County, Florida. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
1700 21st Ave W
Bradenton, Florida 34205
(941) 748-4161
Westminster Communities of Bradenton Westminster
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Westminster Communities of Bradenton Westminster offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $127,561 for substandard care
The state of Florida and the federal government are legally responsible for monitoring each nursing home and impose monetary fines and deny payments through Medicare if serious violations have been identified. These penalties are typically imposed when the violation is severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Westminster Communities of Bradenton Westminster, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $72,508 fine on May 31, 2019, and a $55,053 fine on November 08, 2018, for a total of $127,561.
This nursing facility received two 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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The federal government and the Florida Department of Public Health website update comprehensive information containing historical details 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues, and three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to ensure residents received adequate supervision and assistance devices to prevent a delay in treatment.” The investigation involved six residents requiring “assistance with activities of daily living.”
In one case, the state investigators interviewed a resident’s wife who “was sitting in the room by the bedside with the resident. She stated that [the resident] had a fall right before he was admitted to the facility.”
The resident’s wife stated that “the resident waited too long to [notify] the staff to assist him to the bathroom, so he attempted to get up and go to the bathroom by himself.” At that time, “he fell and hit his head on the sink cabinet located in the room.” The resident’s wife stated that “he hit his head so hard on the cabinet and broke the door on the cabinet, which had to be repaired. She stated [the resident] was confused and he tends to get anxious when she is not with them.”
The resident’s wife stated that “she had left the resident for about thirty minutes to go home and check on her home, and when she returned, he had fallen.” The following day, the resident “was observed lying in bed in his room. There were fall mats placed on both sides of the resident’s bed. There were one-quarter side rails up on both sides of the bed.”
The state investigators reviewed the resident’s clinical records that showed the resident “had an unwitnessed fall with their head hitting the wood cabinet below the sink in the room” on May 4, 2019. Two days earlier, the resident’s onset focus area in the resident’s Comprehensive Care Plan stated “the potential for falls related to injury/trauma, impaired physical balance, general weakness, the use of [medication], change in environment due to recent hospitalization and admission to the facility, poor safety awareness.”
The Care Plan on May 8, 2018, stated, “will minimize the potential for fall-related injury/trauma to the next review date of August 8, 2019.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Westminster Communities of Bradenton Westminster? Contact the Florida nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Manatee County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Bradenton.
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Sources:
Attorney Blair N. Mendes, Esq.
Licensed in Florida
Illinois Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home