Miller's Merry Manor: Resident Tracking Failures - IN
The Social Services Director told inspectors she had been unaware of multiple altercations involving Resident U and did not know another resident had been injured by her. The reason surfaced quickly: Resident U's behavior tracking forms documented only aggression toward staff. Aggression toward other residents was not being tracked at all.
On September 9, 2025, Resident U struck another resident on the hand, causing a skin tear. The Social Services Director said she followed up with both residents afterward and saw no changes in mood or behavior. What she did not say was that anyone had flagged the pattern before it reached that point.
The facility's own policy required nurses to complete a New Behavior Initial Assessment form whenever a resident showed a behavior that could endanger others, communicate it across all disciplines, and complete three days of follow-up assessments. After that, the Interdisciplinary Team was supposed to meet, evaluate the situation, and document a care plan with interventions aimed at reducing or eliminating the problem behavior.
None of that documentation existed. The Social Services Director told inspectors the Interdisciplinary Team meetings had not been recorded in Resident U's records.
The gap between what the policy required and what actually happened was nearly complete. A resident was being monitored for one category of dangerous behavior while a second category, directed at the people living alongside her, went unrecorded and unreported to the team whose job was to respond to it.
The Social Services Director acknowledged the failure. She said she had not known.
The resident whose hand was torn open in September was one of the few whose injury made it into the record at all.
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MILLER'S MERRY MANOR in WALKERTON, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 8, 2025.
The reason surfaced quickly: Resident U's behavior tracking forms documented only aggression toward staff.
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.