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AdventHealth Care Center Apopka South Cited for Multiple Deficiencies AdventHealth Care Center Apopka South is located at 3355 E. Semoran Blvd., Apopka, Florida 32703 in Seminole County. It is a large, 222-bed, not-for-profit nursing facility that has been owned/licensed by FLNC, Inc. since January 1, 2007. Since ownership changed in 2007, the facility has been...

Lowest Rated Palm Beach County Nursing Homes Unfortunately, not all Palm Beach County nursing homes are created, or operated, equally. While some Palm Beach facilities have earned the coveted 5 star rating from Medicare, sadly, some skilled nursing facilities are poorly rated due to documented resident neglect and poor survey inspections. From Boca Raton to...

Lawsuits Alleging Negligent Care at Palace at Kendall An assisted living facility located in Miami-Dade County, Palace at Kendall offers 330 beds and has been operated by Kendall Healthcare Properties since December 1991 as a for-profit organization. Located at 11355 SW 84 Street, Miami, Florida 33173, the facility provides skilled nursing care and/or short-term rehabilitation including...

Recently, a Brookdale Freedom Pointe nurse was criminally charged after a resident suffered a fatal fall. Gayle Gall, LPN was arrested after she allegedly ignored a resident following a fall at Brookdale’s Freedom Pointe ALF in the Villages. The 71 year old Brookdale employee was taken into custody and charged with neglect of an elderly...

Riverdale Rehabilitation & Care Center Legal Issues A smaller, 146-bed nursing facility located at 641 West 230th Street, Bronx, NY 10463, Riverdale Nursing Home is operated by Riverdale Nursing Home Inc. and has been given an overall rating of two stars from the New York State Department of Health. Although the state agency has given...

Can a State Give a Nursing Home Total Immunity for Negligence during the Coronavirus Pandemic? Many states have implemented varying degrees of liability protection from lawsuits arising out of nursing home injuries. Some states have granted negligence immunity from COVID-19 specific death cases. Some states have extended civil immunity even further to encompass any negligence actions...

Life Care Center of Altamonte Springs Lawsuits Operated since June 1976 by Life Care Centers of America, Inc., the Life Care Center of Altamonte Springs is a nursing home located at 989 Orienta Ave, Altamonte Springs, Florida 32701. However, the facility has faced several lawsuits and been cited by the Agency for Health Care Administration for...

Estate of Dwyer vs. Harbor View Health Care Center – Massive Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict Mary Dwyer, 87, fell in her home in October 2009 and dislocated a shoulder.  She was taken to the hospital to receive treatment and eventually sent home.  However, 3 days later she was admitted to Alaris Health at Harborview...

Orlando Health Central Park Accused of Negligence Since April 2012, Orlando Health Central, Inc. has been operating Health Central Park, a for-profit, 218-bed nursing home located at 411 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden, FL, 34787-2816. The facility offers a variety of special programs and services, such as weightlifting, pet therapy, and hospice care. However, Health...

Queen of Peace Residence is a non-profit nursing home that has been given a five-star overall rating by the New York State Department of Health. The small, 53-bed facility is located at 110-30 221st St., Queens Village, NY 11429 and it has received five-star ratings for Resident Safety and Resident Status (the ratings for Preventive...