The Orchards at Southgate: Care Plan Failures - MI
The resident, identified in inspection records as R103, was first admitted to the facility in January 2024 and had been taking aspirin 81 mg, on and off, since that same month. Her diagnoses included cerebrovascular disease, paraplegia, and atherosclerotic heart disease. Her left side was weak from a prior stroke. Her skin, the care plan would eventually note, was fragile.
But the care plan didn't say that for a very long time.
Inspectors reviewed R103's records during a complaint inspection completed August 20, 2025. What they found was a care plan that acknowledged her skin fragility and mobility limitations in general terms, but said nothing specific about her aspirin use and the bruising risk that came with it. A physician's order to monitor for bruising every shift, and a revision to the care plan flagging her tendency to bruise easily, both carried a timestamp of 8/20/25 at 10:34 AM, the morning inspectors were on site.
When inspectors asked the Director of Nursing what evidence she had that R103 bruised easily, the answer was straightforward. "She has a tendency to bruise easily because of the aspirin," the DON said. "It is an anticoagulant. With aspirin the residents can easily bruise." She then said she would revise the care plan to reflect that risk.
She also said she hadn't completed the care plan interventions for this concern.
The DON told inspectors that all residents at the facility are on a general skin management program, but acknowledged that a resident taking aspirin required something more individualized. "Prior to today," she said, R103's care plans had not been individualized to reflect she was on aspirin, "and this should have been part of R103's care plans before today."
Inspectors also noted that the care plan failed to document R103's reported tendency to run into things, a detail that had been shared by a unit manager and registered nurse identified in the report as UM/RN C.
Weekly head-to-toe assessments conducted on five separate dates between mid-July and mid-August 2025 all noted no new skin issues. Whether that record reflects careful monitoring or a gap in documentation for a resident whose risks weren't fully written down is a question the inspection report leaves open.
R103 had intact cognition, according to a Minimum Data Set assessment on file. She understood her situation. What her care plan reflected about that situation, for most of the time she lived at the facility, was incomplete.
The inspection was classified as a complaint survey. The violation was tagged under F0656, which covers the requirement that care plans be comprehensive, individualized, and revised as a resident's condition or treatment changes. The level of harm was listed as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and the number of residents affected was listed as few.
At the exit conference that afternoon, the Nursing Home Administrator and the Director of Nursing were asked whether they had any additional documentation or information to provide. They did not.
R103 had been taking aspirin since January 2024. The care plan intervention for her bruising risk was written on August 20, 2025.
Full Inspection Report
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The Orchards at Southgate in Southgate, MI was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 20, 2025.
Her diagnoses included cerebrovascular disease, paraplegia, and atherosclerotic heart disease.
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.