Admissions to a state nursing home facility have been temporarily banned stating that some patients are in “immediate jeopardy” based on deficiencies of care. Patients were left in urine and feces for long periods of time in their beds, on wheelchair cushions, and with catheters. Lack of care led to pressure wounds, sepsis, and staph infections. One patient did not receive proper antibiotics to treat the staph infection, resulting in loss of tissue where the infection was.
A nurse aid weighed in on the facility staffing as an underlying issue. “This is no place for a resident to live, unless they can take care of themselves,” a CNA told a state investigator. “We are supposed to change their bed linens twice a week on their shower days, but with one or two CNAs you don’t have time to change their beds. … With one CNA you can’t give showers or change beds … you only have time (in a 12-hour shift) to feed supper and do three drying rounds, no more than three.” For more, read the story.
