Consulate Health Care Of Tallahassee

My clients are very strict when looking for certain things within a nursing home and the main things they pointed out for me to research on...Consulate failed. The atmosphere is pleasant, staff respectful, but they had 20 deficiencies within their last 2 state visits. This nursing home is below the state standards and my client refused to go here even though it seemed to be such a nice place.

I did an internship at this facility after completing my CNA training. My over all impression was that they were severely understaffed and I witnessed some things I found disturbing. The worst thing was helping a woman / patient who apparently had scabies. There was no posted notice on her door so interns or helpers would be aware. A full time employee happened to mention it to me in passing after I had already helped bathe her. The patient and her room mate were continually scratching and there skin showed injury from that. Plus I felt that the majority of the time patients were idle in front of a television. One elderly gentleman in a wheelchair managed to 'escape' down an outside ramp while it was raining because the door safety mechanism was broken. I wouldn't put my own relative there and I certainly wouldn't want to work there. All that being said, I want to stress that the staff did seem caring and kind but definitely overwhelmed. Also, the food was better than average for that type of facility in my opinion.