Scioto Rehab: Unsafe Solo Lift Transfer Violations - OH
The aide, identified in inspection records as CNA #97, told inspectors the resident had grown agitated and was yelling at her because he didn't want to wait. So she went ahead without the second staff member. She said she thought the other aide had either forgotten or gotten busy with someone else.
The resident required two staff members and a pivot transfer. That was his established method. CNA #97 used the Hoyer lift instead, alone, and while she was doing it the strap came off the hook.
The facility's own policy on mechanical lift transfers states that at least two staff members must be present. That policy has no date on it, but it exists. CNA #97 knew the resident needed two people. She did it anyway.
The inspection, completed October 9, 2025, was triggered by complaints, not a routine survey. Three of them: complaint numbers 2609966, 2618524, and 2624117. The lift transfer was not the only problem inspectors documented.
A licensed nurse, identified as LN #333, confirmed during an interview on September 22 that the same resident had a care plan requiring his bed to remain in its lowest position while he was in it. At the time of the interview, the bed was not in its lowest position.
Beds are kept low for residents at fall risk so that if they do go over the side, the drop is shorter. It is among the most basic precautions a facility can take. The care plan said to do it. It wasn't being done.
The fall prevention policy at Scioto, dated November 2024, describes a process in which a nurse reviews assessment results with direct care staff and puts approaches in place to reduce risk. Whether that process happened for this resident, the inspection record does not say. What the record says is that the bed was up when it should have been down.
CMS rated the harm level for these violations as minimal harm or potential for actual harm. That category covers situations where something bad did not necessarily happen but the conditions were there for it to. A Hoyer lift strap that slips off a hook mid-transfer, with only one person there to manage it, is one of those situations.
The resident, whose name is not in the inspection record, was described as someone who becomes agitated when made to wait. That detail matters because it explains the pressure CNA #97 said she felt. It does not change what the policy required or what she did. She made a judgment call, the strap slipped, and inspectors later found his bed still raised against his care plan.
Scioto Rehabilitation & Care Center is located at 433 Obetz Road in Columbus.
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SCIOTO REHABILITATION & CARE CENTER in COLUMBUS, OH was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 9, 2025.
The aide, identified in inspection records as CNA #97, told inspectors the resident had grown agitated and was yelling at her because he didn't want to wait.
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