Majestic Care of Lafayette: Staff Falsified Shower Records - IN
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident C, filed a grievance four days later. The facility's own investigation, completed July 7, confirmed what she said: the shower had not been given. A CNA had recorded it as done anyway.
Federal inspectors returned to the facility on August 26 and 28 as part of a complaint investigation. What they found wasn't just a missed shower. It was a falsified record, a resident who had to fight to be believed, and a Director of Nursing who acknowledged, on the record, that staff had been documenting care that was never provided.
The Director of Nursing told inspectors during an interview on August 26 that the facility's own protocol requires a shower sheet to be completed with every shower or bed bath. If a resident refuses, staff are supposed to make three separate attempts. If the resident refuses all three, the resident, the CNA, and a nurse each sign the sheet as refused. The process exists precisely to create an accurate record of what happened, and what didn't.
None of that happened for Resident C on July 3. Instead, the CNA, identified in the report as CNA 13, logged the shower as completed.
The Director of Nursing told inspectors she had been made aware that staff were documenting showers that had not actually been given. She said she did not know why CNA 13 had recorded Resident C's shower as done when it wasn't. She called it unacceptable.
When the facility discovered the error through the grievance process, the response was to offer Resident C a shower the following day, July 4. She declined and said she would return to her regular schedule. The corrective action the facility documented for the grievance: staff education.
The inspection covered three separate complaint intakes. The citation was rated as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting a few residents.
That rating reflects regulatory language, not the full picture of what falsified documentation means in a care setting. A shower sheet that says care was given when it wasn't is a record that tells the next nurse, the next aide, the next family member who asks, that everything is fine. It is a record that tells a resident who knows she didn't receive her shower that she has no proof. Resident C had to file a formal grievance to be taken seriously. The facility's own investigation sided with her. The CNA's documentation had been wrong.
The Director of Nursing's acknowledgment that this was not an isolated documentation problem, that she had been made aware of staff recording showers that hadn't occurred, raises a question the inspection report does not answer: how many times did a resident not file a grievance?
The facility's corrective action for the grievance was staff education. The inspection report does not describe what broader corrective action, if any, followed the Director of Nursing's admission that the falsification problem extended beyond this one resident and this one day.
Resident C was offered a shower on July 4. She said no, and went back to her regular schedule, whatever that now looked like in a facility where the record of her care had already been wrong once without her knowing it.
Full Inspection Report
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MAJESTIC CARE OF LAFAYETTE in LAFAYETTE, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 28, 2025.
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident C, filed a grievance four days later.
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.