Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center sits in Miami, FL, and has been around a long time, offering care for seniors who need help with bathing, dressing, eating, taking medicine, and other everyday needs, you see, and some folks go there for short-term rehab after surgery or a hospital stay while others stay long term, and the place has skilled nurses on hand night and day, and there's a doctor who checks on things, so people don't have to worry about medical care missing, but then there are a lot of things that haven't gone as well as people hoped, because government inspection reports found issues like overflowing trash, flies, and roaches getting inside, which isn't good for anybody, and they've had trouble keeping equipment safe and working and protecting against fires, with inspectors finding corroded cylinders and doors that wouldn't stop smoke, and sometimes staff missed skin problems-like fungal infections and bed sores-that led to sepsis, and investigators said residents didn't always get complete or accurate assessments or care plans, and sometimes fire and life safety checks failed, and nurse turnover runs at 24.9% with about 3.6 nurse hours per resident per day, and there have been complaints and lawsuits about lost belongings, falls, respiratory issues, dehydration, and even death when care or supervision wasn't enough.
The center has 294 licensed beds but cares for about 262 residents on an average day, and Unity Health belongs to Jackson Heights NH, L.L.C. with ties to Greystone Health and Gold Fl Trust II, and it works as a for-profit business while following fair housing and equal opportunity rules, and they do accept people on Medicare and Medicaid as well, so government rules always apply, and regular inspection is meant to catch problems, and they have to keep a certain caregiver-to-resident ratio, which doesn't always mean problems don't happen.
There is an in-house dialysis program, and the Vohra Center of Excellence for Wound Management gave a certification for wound care, and the place runs several special rehab programs for people recovering from orthopedic injuries, strokes, or heart problems, and staff give physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while the facility offers social events, adaptive exercise, memory care, assisted and independent living, and activities meant to help residents keep busy and involved, and visiting hours run from 8 am to 8 pm on weekdays and from 9 am to 5 pm on weekends, with a focus on trying to make life better for residents, but past inspection records and lawsuits show real areas where safety, cleanliness, assessment, and care still need more work.
