AVIATA AT THE PALMS
AVIATA AT THE PALMS is a 120-bed nursing home in PALM HARBOR, Florida. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1981-09-28. It averages 111.0 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at AVIATA AT THE PALMS?
CMS lists 38 health-inspection deficiencies for AVIATA AT THE PALMS since 2021-02-18, 19 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is J; the most recent health inspection was 2026-04-13.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | F0584, F0585, F0695, F0726 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | E |
| 2026-04-13 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | D |
| 2026-02-23 | F0580, F0688 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. | D |
| 2025-11-20 | F0600, F0689, F0692, F0726 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | J |
| 2024-08-09 | F0684, F0801 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. | E |
| 2024-08-09 | F0561, F0578, F0584, F0645, F0660, F0756 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | D |
| 2022-04-22 | F0623, F0625, F0761 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | E |
| 2022-04-22 | F0657, F0685, F0686, F0693, F0745, F0758, F0759, F0867 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | D |
| 2021-02-18 | F0554, F0578, F0656, F0684, F0689, F0812, F0840, F0883 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | D |
How is AVIATA AT THE PALMS staffed relative to the FL average?
| Measure | This facility | FL average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.24755 | 3.82350 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 53.8 | 41.4 |
| Average number of residents per day | 111.0 | 108.9 |
Who owns AVIATA AT THE PALMS, and what chain is it in?
AVIATA AT THE PALMS is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name HIGHLANDS BLVD OPCO LLC and belongs to the AVIATA HEALTH GROUP chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | HIGHLANDS BLVD PARENT LLC | since 11/15/2023 |
| INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | ASP FL LLC, FREUND, NOCHUM | since 11/15/2023 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | FREUND, NOCHUM | since 11/15/2023 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | FREUND, NOCHUM, PROCTOR, SAMANTHA, TARIQ, MARIUM | since 04/07/2025 |
| INDIVIDUAL IS AN OWNER, PARTNER OR TRUSTEE OF ANY ADP OF THE SNF | DAGAN, AMITAI, GOLDBERGER, ABRAHAM, GOLDBERGER, FAIGY, HERSKOWITZ, ELIEZER, HERSKOWITZ, YAAKOV, TRAVITSKY, AARON | since 07/27/2025 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | ASPIRE HEALTHCARE LLC, PROCTOR, SAMANTHA, TARIQ, MARIUM | since 04/07/2025 |