Deficient Practices Confirmed at Englewood Health and Rehabilitation Center Englewood Health and Rehabilitation Center has been cited over patient safety concerns.  Who is responsible for keeping an eye on the quality of care being delivered by local nursing homes in Venice, Sarasota and Englewood?  As a nursing home abuse lawyer who handles cases in Sarasota, […]

Bay Breeze Health and Rehabilitation Center Cited A local Venice nursing home has once again been cited with deficiencies.  As a nursing home abuse lawyer who handles cases in Sarasota, Venice, Englewood, Bradenton and throughout Florida, I routinely examine complaint and annual survey investigations of area nursing homes and report on those findings.  I frequently […]

Troubled nursing homes are graded and placed on lists at both the state and federal levels.  In Florida, we have the Agency for Healthcare Administration’s “Nursing Home Watch List.”  At the federal level, Medicare shines a light on “special” nursing homes.  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published its “Special Focus Facility […]

Florida Nursing Home Infections Raise Risks Florida nursing home infections are a serious safety concern.  The health and well-being of your loved one who is admitted to a nursing home in Sarasota County, Florida will largely depend upon, among other factors, how well that nursing home controls the spread of infection.  Our area nursing homes […]

Pinebrook Center recently cited for deficiencies related to patient safety and care The public has a right to know about the conditions of our local area Venice nursing homes.  Their main source of revenue is through the receipt of taxpayer dollars from Medicare and Medicaid.  On January  5, 2015, the State of Florida Agency for […]