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BALDOMERO LOPEZ MEMORIAL VETERANS NURSING HOME

LAND O LAKES, FL · Medicare-certified · 120 beds

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Government-runChain member
5 of 5 overall

5 out of 5 stars overall. This facility has a 5-star health inspection rating, 4-star staffing with 4.84 nurse hours per resident per day above the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, 3-star quality measures, and no fines in the last 24 months.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

4.8417 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: January 25, 2024Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.8417.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.75
Licensed practical nurses
0.92
Nurse aides
3.17
Weekend nursing
4.39

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 50%
Registered nurse turnover: 52%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

22.8%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

3.8%Worsening

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

4%Improving

Residents with a urinary tract infection

4.7%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

8.9%Steady

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

23.9%Worsening

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

21.7%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

6.8%Improving

Residents with a long-term catheter

0.5%Steady

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

19.9%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

1%Steady

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

100%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

99.3%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

92.1%Steady

What the inspectors found

The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited January 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D

The home failed to arrange hospice services or help the resident transfer to a place that would provide hospice care. Cited January 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 849 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: D

The home failed to ensure residents who could safely take their own medicines were allowed to self-administer them. Cited October 2020 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 554 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D

The home failed to ensure residents’ medications were free from unnecessary drugs. Cited October 2020 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 757 — 42 CFR §483.45(d) — S/S: D

The home failed to properly reduce or limit psychotropic medication use and try safer non-drug approaches when appropriate. Cited October 2020 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 758 — 42 CFR §483.45(e) — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
Government - State
Chain
Part of FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS · 8 homes · 3.6 stars avg
Occupancy
113.1 residents on an average day (94% of 120 beds)
Resident voice
Resident & family councils
Medicare history
Certified for 27 years

The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.

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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.