Florida Nursing Home Cited Again
December 18, 2001
An Alachua County, Florida nursing home is in hot water again after the Agency for Health Care Administration discovered new violations during a November inspection. The Alachua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was sanctioned last August after investigators cited the facility for twenty-five incidents of alleged physical, verbal, and sexual abuse of residents that occurred over a six-month period.
During the November visit, health administrators determined that the center improperly screened employees and failed to notify discharged patients of the home's bed-holding policy. Officials with the agency say that if corrections are not made by the first week of January, the center will no longer receive Medicare payments for new patients. In addition, the nursing home cannot accept any new patients until the violations are corrected.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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