Edgewater Woods: Pain Medication Delay Left Resident Suffering - IN
She couldn't. The medications were controlled substances.
The resident had been admitted on July 24, 2025. His hydromorphone, a potent opioid prescribed to manage his pain, did not arrive until 12:50 a.m. He did not receive it until 2:30 a.m. Inspectors who visited the facility on August 29 documented the delay as a violation of his right to adequate pain management.
Every nurse interviewed by inspectors described the same standard: medications not available in the facility's emergency drug kit should be ordered immediately and arrive within four hours. If a resident needed pain medication that hadn't arrived, the nurse should call the physician and get a temporary order for something else in the meantime.
None of that happened for this resident.
The Director of Nursing told inspectors she did not believe the medications had been received the night of admission. She acknowledged that if a resident were on hydromorphone, she would not expect acetaminophen to manage the pain effectively, and that a physician should have been notified to determine what to do.
Nobody called.
From July 24 through July 29, the resident took between four and six doses of PRN hydromorphone daily, a detail that underscores how severe his pain was and how dependent he was on that specific medication. The facility's own pain management policy, last revised in July 2024, requires that residents be assessed for pain on admission and that severe pain be treated with prescribed medications.
The resident's representative told inspectors he had reached out to her that first night frightened and hurting, asking for help she could not provide from outside the building.
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EDGEWATER WOODS in ANDERSON, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 29, 2025.
The medications were controlled substances.
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.