Florida Nursing Home Faces Possible Loss of License
Long Term Care of St. Petersburg faces a possible loss of their operating license. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has ordered the nursing home not to accept any new patients for the second time in two and a half years due to failure to meeting standards of care. The agency cited deficiencies that included patients not receiving prescribed medications and controlled substances not being properly secured. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has not issued a closure date, but instead has ordered the nursing home to begin patient evaluation to determine suitable facility placement for the residents. If the facility closes, it will affect 103 patients.
Derrick Webster, the acting director of the facility, says he is appealing the decision, yet no appeal of the record is on file.
