A nursing home has been fined by the state more than $56,000 for fines due to failures to meet the standard of care for patients in the following areas:
- Failing to meet staffing requirements for nursing and personal care for 11 of 14 days.
- Failing to provide appropriate nutrition, insulin, medications and blood glucose monitoring of a resident, resulting in hospitalization.
- Failing to assess pain and provide pain relief for a resident, resulting in hospitalization.
- Not ensuring that one patient's anxiety and pain medications were available.
- Failing to provide necessary treatments for ulcers and surgical wounds for four residents.
- Not providing treatment for pressure ulcers for one resident, resulting in hospitalization.
- Failing to provide appropriate care and management of urinary catheters for two residents, resulting in a wound for one patient.
The facility is enacting a plan of correction to reduce the census of patients and increase staffing and care quality to remedy the issues. The area agency on aging has been closely monitoring the facility and its corrections. For more, read the story.
