Hawthorne Center for Rehabilitation and Healing of Sarasota is a for-profit 120-bed nursing home located at 5381 Desoto Road, Sarasota, Florida 34235. The current owner of this nursing home took over and was issued a license to operate the facility on August 4, 2021.
Complaints concerning the quality of care at this Sarasota nursing home have brought investigators into the facility since the change of ownership. The owner and license-holder has been cited with a total of 21 deficiencies since that change occurred as a result of inspections conducted at the nursing home.
Hawthorne Center for Rehabilitation Cited with Multiple Deficiencies
The most recent complaint made against Hawthorne Center for Rehabilitation and Healing of Sarasota related to a very important aspect of quality of care. Federal law states that quality of care in every nursing home is a fundamental principle that applies to all treatment and care provided to facility residents, and that each nursing home must ensure that its residents get the treatment and care they need that conforms to professional standards of practice, the resident’s personalized care plan and their specific preferences.
In this instance, investigators determined that this federal standard was not met and cited the nursing home. Agency officials observed that “the facility failed to continue to assess after a change in condition and failed to ensure prescribed medications were available for administration for 3 (Residents #1, #3 and #6) of 5 residents reviewed.” Of course, failing to administer medications as ordered by a physician could have serious consequences for any resident. The nursing home in this case was also cited for failing to adhere to the Florida nursing home resident right to provide each resident with adequate and appropriate healthcare.
Prior to this complaint investigation, the Agency conducted a standard inspection at which time it discovered multiple violations at the nursing home. Some of the most notable violations include failures to maintain competent nursing staff, failing to ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors, and failing to follow physician orders. The complete history of inspections and violations for this Sarasota nursing home may be reviewed on the Agency’s website located here https://tinyurl.com/mv25vbde
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