American House Sarasota complaints brought Florida officials into this assisted living facility to conduct an investigation during 2024. American House Sarasota is a for-profit 185-bed ALF located at 4540 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, Florida 34233. As discussed more fully below, American House Sarasota was also the subject of a lawsuit in 2024.
Of the six complaints that were investigated, inspectors with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration were able to substantiate four of those complaints. Some of the complaints were related to the elopement of residents from the facility. An elopement occurs whenever a resident is able to leave an ALF without the awareness or knowledge of staff. State investigators spoke with staff and reviewed records. They determined that a total of four residents has eloped from this Sarasota assisted living facility.
American House Sarasota Cited with Deficiencies
At the conclusion of their investigation into these complaints, the State of Florida cited American House Sarasota with two deficiencies related to resident care. Those deficiencies included the failure to meet requirements set forth under Florida law relating to supervision as well as requirements that pertain to elopement standards.
The complete history of complaints at American House Sarasota along with inspection reports and deficiencies cited against this assisted living facility may be reviewed on the Agency’s website located here: https://tinyurl.com/45f3p4v3
American House Sarasota Lawsuit Filed and Settled in 2024
An American House Sarasota lawsuit that alleged that this Sarasota assisted living facility and its staff failed to appropriately monitor a resident and negligently allowed her to suffer “falls and unexplained injuries, suffering elopements, , and suffering an attack from another resident.” The lawsuit was filed against the defendant on May 2, 2024.
Following some initial litigation, the defendant, AH Sarasota OpCo, LLC, doing business as American House Sarasota, and the plaintiff reached a settlement of the case. A notice of settlement was filed on behalf of the parties on October 8, 2024.
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