Colonial Manor of Randolph: Food Safety Failures - NE
The office manager had no training as a cook and no training for the dietary manager role. She had not consulted with the facility's registered dietician about menu changes. She simply started cooking.
Inspection records from November 2025 show the office manager worked the kitchen repeatedly throughout September. On September 7th alone, she covered both the day shift and the evening shift. She also cooked on September 5th, 6th, and 13th.
When an inspector interviewed the office manager on October 2nd, she confirmed all of it. The previous dietary manager had left the month before. The facility had been unable to hire anyone to replace her. The office manager had stepped in as interim dietary manager without any preparation for what that role requires, including overseeing food safety, nutrition planning, and coordination with clinical staff.
The staffing problems hadn't stopped there. The kitchen was struggling to fill dietary aide positions as well. Other staff from the facility's interdisciplinary team had been pulled in to cover those shifts. Those workers received training on safe dishwasher temperatures and how to complete the dishwasher temperature logs, the basic documentation required to verify that equipment is sanitizing dishes properly.
Inspectors cited the deficiency at a level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting many residents.
Colonial Manor of Randolph is a nursing home at 811 South Main Street in Randolph, a town of roughly 900 people in northeast Nebraska. For residents who depend on the facility for every meal, the person deciding what they ate and how it was prepared had no qualifications for either job.
Full Inspection Report
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Colonial Manor of Randolph in Randolph, NE was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 24, 2025.
The office manager had no training as a cook and no training for the dietary manager role.
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