Venice nursing home abuse alerts have been issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for two local facilities. The nursing homes receiving the abuse alerts in Venice, FL are Advinia Care at Venice and Capri Health and Rehabilitation Center. CMS recently began using a red encircled hand on its website to alert consumers when a nursing home has been cited for potential issues related to abuse. All nursing homes in Florida are inspected by officials with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. That Florida Agency transmits information, data and records it collects on nursing homes in this state to the federal government. That information is then used by CMS to formulate a rating for the nursing home. The abuse alert icons are a relatively new feature CMS has introduced to assist consumers when choosing a facility.
CMS states that their “website includes information to alert you about abuse or neglect in nursing homes. When you browse facilities, you’ll see this icon by facilities that have been recently cited for resident harm or potential harm for abuse or neglect.
Abuse is defined as the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish. It includes verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and mental abuse.” To view the alert, ratings, complaints and inspection reports for Advinia Care at Venice on CMS’ website, click here: http://tinyurl.com/3x97b67y In order to view the alert, ratings, complaints and inspection reports for Capri Health and Rehabilitation Center, click here: http://tinyurl.com/36x365cm If you wish to make a complaint regarding the suspected abuse or neglect of a loved one in a Florida nursing home, you may call the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration at (888) 419-3456.
Venice Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer James Keim
As a Venice nursing home abuse lawyer, I represent individuals and families who have suffered the consequences of abuse and neglect in local nursing homes for nearly thirty years.
If you have questions, concerns about or want to take action because a loved one has been neglected or abused in a Florida nursing home, please feel free to call me for a free and confidential consultation at (941) 485-7600. For more information, visit our website at https://venicelawfirm.com/
By shining a light on and holding bad nursing homes accountable for abuse and neglect, we can help to improve the quality of care for all Floridians.