Sunshine Board & Care

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Magda Malcore conducted an unannounced visit to the facility to initiate a complaint investigation. LPA met with Assisting Administrator, Nick Hamed, who was informed of today’s visit. Regarding the allegation staff intimidating and verbally threatening a resident in care. Five (5) out of (5) residents deny that staff intimidate and verbally threaten them. Four (4) out of (4) staff deny intimidating and verbally threatening residents in care. Based on interviews with residents and staff, the allegation above is Unsubstantiated; meaning that although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur. An exit interview was conducted with Administrator Hamed and a copy of this report with appeal rights was provided to Administrator Hamed at the conclusion of the visit. UnsubstantiatedRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, July 17, 2024 · control 56-AS-20240712143356

Licensing Program Analyst, Amber Coleman, (LPA) arrived at the Sunshine Board and Care Facility unannounced to initiate a complaint investigation into the allegation listed above. LPA was greeted and granted entry by Staff Member, Esther Varges. LPA introduced self and stated the purpose of the visit. Ms. Varges reported the Administrator was out of the facility at the time of the visit. During today's visit, LPA interviewed staff, collected records, and completed a walk through. LPA made no observations of health and safety concerns. It is alleged that the Facility allowed a resident to be a caregiver without obtaining a fingerprint clearance. LPA verified S2 does have a fingerprint clearance, background check and criminal record check on file. During staff interviews, LPA learned that S2 has been employed with the facility for the last three years. S2 no longer working for the facility, but working in a voluntary capacity only. UnsubstantiatedRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, January 30, 2024 · control 56-AS-20240125164130

Licensing Program Analyst, Amber Coleman, (LPA) arrived at the Sunshine Board and Care Residential Care Facility for the Elderly to deliver the findings of the complaint investigation. LPA was greeted by Administrator, Najeh Hamed. LPA introduced self and stated the purpose of the visit. It is alleged that staff did not prevent a resident from hitting another resident. Resident interviews revealed that approximately one month ago. Residents were standing outside the front of the facility awaiting transportation. A resident approached another resident and hit him in the face closed hand. There were no other witnesses to the incident. No reason or cause for the physical altercation is noted. The incident was not reported to staff. According to the Community Care Licensing Duty Log there were no Special Incident Reports filed that involved a physical altercation between two residents. Staff denied witnessing or having knowledge of a physical altercation outside the facility a month ago. PRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, August 8, 2023 · control 56-AS-20230720155918

Licensing Program Analyst, Amber Coleman, (LPA) arrived at the Sunshine Board & Care facility unannounced to initiate a complaint investigation into the allegations listed above. LPA knocked on the front door. LPA greeted by Staff Member, Tyrone Powell. LPA introduced self and stated purpose of the visit. LPA asked to enter facility and was granted entry. Staff informed LPA Administrator is not at the facility. LPA contacted Administrator to inform him of the complaint investigation. Administrator agreed to meet LPA during visit. Today's visit consisted of staff and resident interviews, a walk through of the facility and record reviews. It is alleged that staff engaged in a physical altercation with a resident in care. Resident interviews revealed that all residents deny witnessing a physical altercation between staff and a resident. During staff interviews, it was discovered that the facility cares for residents with confusion, memory impairment, aggressive behaviors. Staff do have trRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, August 8, 2023 · control 56-AS-20230731195356

Licensing Program Analyst, Amber Coleman, (LPA) arrived at the Sunshine Board and Care Facility to deliver findings of the complaint investigation. LPA introduced self and stated purpose of the visit. LPA spoke with Staff Member, Tyrone; who contacted Administrators to notify of LPA's visit. LPA met with Administrators and discussed the complaint findings. Staff neglect led to hospitalization of resident. It is alleged that the facility staff neglect led to the hospitalization of the resident. Resident interviews reflect that a resident was in need of assistance one evening, he could not get the attention of the night staff member scheduled that evening. He contacted 911 and was able to get assistance. Staff interviews reveal that staff members deny staff sleeps on the job or that a resident called for assistance and was unable to get assistance. Record reviews reflect that the resident went to the hospital for treatment, but nothing suggests that the resident was sent to the hospitalRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, July 25, 2023 · control 56-AS-20230426145407

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Anna Bueno conducted an unannounced visit to the facility to deliver findings on the above complaint allegations. LPA met with staff Manal Terab. Terab phoned licensee Najeh Hamed was notified of the reason for today’s . Co-administrator Ahmad Abdallatef arrived shortly. The investigation included interviews with witness and staff and records review. The allegation is that the facility did not give resident’s representative the right to participate in decision-making regarding the care and services to be provided to the resident (R1). Witness interview confirmed that R1 is self-responsible for decisions related to their care however R1 has a court-ordered fiduciary. The interview further revealed that the fiduciary is solely responsible for R1 finances and does not need to be consulted for any services that R1 wishes to use or add. Staff interviews revealed that R1 is a former resident who needed a higher level of care and was transferred to a hospital aRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, June 12, 2023 · control 56-AS-20220714134111

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Javina George made an unannounced visit to deliver findings for the allegation listed above. LPA met with Caregiver Estrella Heller, Administrator was avialble via telephone and explained the purpose of the visit, and elements of the allegation. The allegation was investigated by the department. The investigation consisted of interviews, and review of facility documentation. On April 1, 2021 LPA George interviewed the previous facility Licensee Lilibeth Swanson of Sunshine Inc., who admitted that she did ask Resident #1 (R1) for money. Previous Licensee used the monies received from R1 to pay for Swanson’s child16th birthday party. Swanson agreed the amount of monies taken from R1 is equal to the sum of around $10,000. Lilibeth stated “What I did was wrong, and I apologize as well accept it 100%, I plan on paying it back and I will give interest. I was paying $100 every week, here and there.” As of April 1, 2021, R1 stated to have received in payment rouRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, September 23, 2021 · control 18-AS-20210326083509

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Crystal Colvin arrived to investigate the above allegations of the complaint. LPA Colvin met with Designated Facility Representative Adam Ahmad "Adam" Abdallatef, as the Licensee/Administrator was unavailable at this time. LPA Colvin advised Adam of the purpose of the visit. Regarding allegation "Resident received a unlawful eviction": LPA Colvin interviewed resident, staff, and Administrator/Licensee (via telephone), as well as reviewed resident file for the investigation of this complaint. During LPA Colvin's interviews, there were conflicting statements regarding whether or not R1 was in fact being evicted. Additionally, there was no physical eviction notice provided to R1 to memorialize this. Due to lack of physical evidence for the allegation of R1 being unlawfully evicted as well as conflicting statements regarding the situation, the allegation of "Resident received a unlawful eviction" is UNSUBSTANTIATED. A finding of UNSUBSTANTIATED means althougRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, August 11, 2021 · control 18-AS-20210805155349

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Crystal Colvin arrived to deliver findings for the allegations of the complaint. LPA Colvin met with Designated Facility Representative Adam Ahmad "Adam" Abdallatef at the facility, and spoke with Licensee over the telephone. LPA Colvin advised Adam and Licesensee of the purpose of the visit. Regarding allegation "Facility staff are not keeping residents safe": LPA Colvin interviewed residents and staff regarding an incident that occurred between two residents (R1 & R2) in 2020, wherein R1 got into a physical altercation (restrained) with R2. Through interviews it was confirmed that the incident occurred, and that there had been numerous instances of verbal altercations between R1 and R2 prior to this event. LPA Colvin additionally reviewed the file for R1, where LPA Colvin observed that R1 was documented to have a mental illness, for which he was prescribed medication and was refusing to take. This was further documented with a Medication AdministrationRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, August 11, 2021 · control 18-AS-20200803114859

Licensing Program Analysts Melody Brown and Natalie Gayoso conducted an unannounced complaint visit to investigate the above allegation. LPA's were greeted and allowed entrance by caregiver Estrella Heller. Administrator Najeh "Nick" Hamed was contacted and unable to come to the facility. The investigation consisted of interviews with pertinent parties. The allegation indicates residents personal belongings are stolen. Interview with Staff 2 (S2) stated Resident 1 (R1) tends to always misplaced his belongings. R1 tends to misplace their glasses throughout the facility. S2 stated R1 never informed them that two (2) of R1's watches were missing. Interview with R1 stated that his glasses and watches were found. They were informed by another resident, Resident 2 (R2), that R1 had left their glasses and watches on the front table were residents, staff, and visitors sign in. UnsubstantiatedRead the full finding— CDSS inspection report, August 5, 2021 · control 18-AS-20210727140234