Camelot Leisure Living: Medical Records Left Exposed - LA
The surveyor arrived at Cart A in Hall A at 9:02 a.m. on February 19, 2025. No employee was present. The screen was on, displaying resident information. The surveyor stood there and waited.
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At 9:15 a.m., S7LPN confirmed she had been using the cart to deliver medications to residents on Hall A. She confirmed the screen had not been closed while she was away from it. She said it should have been.
The facility's own policy on electronic medical records, dated December 23, 2024, was direct on this point: computer screens displaying resident information are to be placed in privacy mode or covered when an employee is not present. The policy was less than two months old when the surveyor found the screen open and unattended.
Two assistant directors of nursing were interviewed separately that same morning. S6ADON, at 9:40 a.m., said computer screens with resident information should be closed and not visible when staff are not present. S5ADON, at 10:09 a.m., said the same thing.
Three people confirmed the same rule had been broken. Nobody disputed it.
The violation was cited at the lowest level of harm under federal inspection standards, meaning inspectors determined residents were not seriously hurt by the lapse. That classification reflects the outcome inspectors could document, not the range of what could have happened. A medication cart in a nursing home hallway carries some of the most sensitive information a resident has: diagnoses, medications, allergies, treatment histories. Left open on a screen in a common area, that information is available to other residents, family members, visitors, or anyone else who walks down Hall A.
Camelot Leisure Living sits on Highway 84 West in Ferriday, a small city in Concordia Parish in northeastern Louisiana. The February 20, 2025 inspection covered health standards at the facility.
What the inspection report does not contain is any indication of how long the screen had been unattended before the surveyor arrived, or how often medication carts are left in this condition during a typical shift. The surveyor documented one instance. S7LPN's response, that the screen was open but should not have been, did not suggest she considered the lapse unusual or serious.
That may be the more uncomfortable detail buried in a finding that regulators rated at the lowest tier. A nurse delivering medications to residents along a hallway, stepping away from her cart, leaving a screen full of patient data visible, and when asked about it, agreeing it was wrong without apparent alarm. Not a cover-up. Not a denial. Just a routine acknowledgment that the thing she was supposed to do was not the thing she did.
The facility's policy existed. Both assistant directors of nursing knew the rule. The nurse knew the rule. The screen was open anyway.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Camelot Leisure Living from 2025-02-20 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Camelot Leisure Living in Ferriday, LA was cited for violations during a health inspection on February 20, 2025.
The surveyor arrived at Cart A in Hall A at 9:02 a.m.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.