Montana Mental Health NH: Daily Care Failures - MT
The inspection, completed November 19, 2025, documented what multiple staff members described as an open secret. Licensed nurses had raised concerns about Staff Member R's cognitive decline, slurred speech, and possible early-onset dementia. She had lost significant weight. A colleague who worked the shift after her regularly found medications misplaced in wrong drawers and doses that hadn't been given. That colleague reported the missed administrations. Nothing happened.
In April 2025, Staff Member R was found unresponsive in the facility lounge. She eventually roused after eating something. An investigation that followed identified more than 50 medication errors tied to her shifts. Blood glucose machines assigned to her showed no checks completed. No charting had been done on any resident during her shift. Medications and treatments had gone unfinished for residents numbered 1 through 5 and 7 through 12.
Staff Member D, who witnessed Staff Member R standing at her cart staring while a resident down the hall yelled behind closed doors, said she stepped in to help the resident herself. She also observed Staff Member R eating lunch off her medication cart while surveyors were in the building. Staff Member D said she had never seen that behavior before, and she did not report it, investigate it, or write it down.
Staff Member E said she had been checking in on Staff Member R informally because she was worried about the weight loss and cognitive changes nurses had flagged. She did not report those concerns to a supervisor either.
Staff Member A, who held a supervisory role, told inspectors the medication error rate had improved and she couldn't investigate further because the situation seemed like a personal medical issue. She said nobody had told her about the slurred speech or the dementia concerns.
Eleven residents went without their medications. The people who noticed said something to someone. The people who heard it said nothing to anyone above them.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Montana Mental Health Nursing Home from 2025-11-19 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH NURSING HOME in LEWISTOWN, MT was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 19, 2025.
The inspection, completed November 19, 2025, documented what multiple staff members described as an open secret.
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.