Villa at Pine Place: Resident Punished Under Outdated Smoking Policy - MI
The facility is Mission Point Nursing and Physical Rehabilitation Center on Clintonville Road, operating under the Villa at Pine Place name. The resident at the center of the complaint is identified in inspection records as Resident 49.
When the administrator sat down with inspectors on August 20, she described a history of smoking problems at the facility. When she first arrived about a year ago, she said, residents had been smoking or sharing cigarettes in ways that created ongoing concerns. The facility responded by requiring residents to sign smoking agreements at admission and by building in disciplinary steps if residents were found in violation.
That was the policy she was describing. It was not the policy currently in effect.
Inspectors asked her to review the written smoking policy. She looked at it and acknowledged that the version she had been referencing was outdated. The current policy, she said, did not include punitive measures. Resident 49 had been disciplined anyway, under the former rules, which the facility had stopped using before February 2025.
The social worker, identified in the report as SW H, had already flagged the problem before inspectors ever spoke to the administrator. In an earlier interview, SW H said they felt that disciplining residents through the smoking agreement was a concern, but that it was something administration said they had to do. The social worker knew it was wrong. They raised it. And the discipline happened anyway.
The administrator, when pressed, acknowledged that the facility might not have been using the most updated policy and that Resident 49 was disciplined based on rules the facility had formally moved away from. She also acknowledged that the state agency had provided training on the relevant regulatory language and that she was aware of it.
The inspection cited the violation under F0557, which covers the right of residents to be free from retaliation and punitive measures. The level of harm was assessed as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and the finding was noted as affecting a few residents.
What the record shows is a facility where a resident was subjected to a disciplinary process that the facility's own current policy did not permit, where a staff member raised concerns about it and was overruled, and where the administrator did not catch the discrepancy until inspectors sat across from her and asked her to look.
The inspection report does not describe what the discipline against Resident 49 involved or how it affected them. It does not say whether Resident 49 was told why they were being disciplined, or under what authority. It does not say whether anyone told Resident 49, after the fact, that the policy used against them had already been replaced.
SW H went along with it. They said it was a concern. They said administration told them they had to.
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Villa at Pine Place in Clarkston, MI was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 21, 2025.
The facility is Mission Point Nursing and Physical Rehabilitation Center on Clintonville Road, operating under the Villa at Pine Place name.
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.