Resident #4 at Manhattan Community Care Center described exactly what wasn't happening. "My wound care should be done every 3 days. It was done on 09/11/25 but not on 09/14/25," he told inspectors on September 17. "They just wipe it with wet gauze and cover it up. It's supposed to be irrigated with Dial soap."
The resident's electronic treatment record confirmed his account. A physician had ordered specific wound care starting September 8: clean the left lateral ankle with normal saline, pat dry, apply Mupirocin ointment, cover with Mepilex dressing every three days. Staff documented providing the treatment on September 11. The September 14 box remained blank.
No staff initials. No treatment provided.
The resident, who has diabetes and a chronic lower limb ulcer, scored 15 on a mental status assessment, indicating intact cognition. He knew his treatment schedule. He knew what wasn't happening.
"There's a doctor who sees wounds, but he's never looked at mine," he added.
The facility's wound care policy requires staff to evaluate wounds daily for infection and healing signs, document findings, and provide treatment per physician orders. None of that happened on September 14.
When inspectors interviewed the Director of Nursing on September 17, she revealed the facility physician typically evaluates wounds. But Resident #4 refuses the facility physician and gets seen weekly at a wound clinic instead.
Licensed Practical Nurse #1, the unit manager, told inspectors she had obtained a PRN order for the wound care and administered the dressing on September 15. She discovered the previous dressing wasn't signed, dated, or timed, contrary to protocol.
Nobody could explain the gap.
LPN #2, identified as the treatment nurse, said she was unaware why wound care was missed on September 14. She only works weekdays, she told inspectors.
The treatment was due on Saturday. No weekend coverage had been arranged.
During a joint interview on September 18, both the Administrator and Director of Nursing acknowledged that wound care had not been completed on September 14. They confirmed their understanding of the importance of adhering to physician orders.
Understanding and doing are different things.
The resident was admitted with multiple serious conditions: diabetes mellitus, non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified lower limb, and vascular dementia. His July assessment documented the presence of a non-pressure ulcer. The facility knew he needed consistent wound care.
Diabetic ulcers require precise, scheduled treatment. Missing even one treatment can delay healing or worsen the wound. The physician's order was specific: every three days, normal saline irrigation, antibiotic ointment, specialized dressing.
Instead, the resident described staff "just wiping it with wet gauze and covering it up" when they remembered to treat it at all.
The facility's own policy demanded daily wound evaluation and documentation. The resident received neither on September 14. Staff couldn't explain why the treatment nurse worked only weekdays when wounds don't heal on a Monday-through-Friday schedule.
The PRN order obtained after the missed treatment suggests staff knew they had failed to follow the original physician's orders. Getting permission to provide treatment after the fact doesn't erase the day without care.
Resident #4 sits in his room, watching his ankle wound, knowing when his treatment is due. He can recite the proper procedure better than the staff assigned to provide it. He knows about the wound specialist he's supposed to see weekly.
He also knows when three days pass without the care his doctor ordered.
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