Center Point Health Care: Care Quality Lapses - LA
The resident at Center Point Health Care and Rehab had dropped from 139.4 pounds in late August to 128.8 pounds by mid-November. She depended entirely on tube feedings through a gastrostomy tube, unable to swallow due to dysphagia following her stroke.
On November 6, the facility's registered dietitian documented that the current feeding rate was providing only 1,320 calories daily, meeting just 81 percent of the resident's needs. The dietitian calculated she required between 1,636 and 1,800 calories per day and recommended increasing her tube feeding rate from 40 milliliters per hour to 50 milliliters per hour.
The physician approved the dietitian's recommendation. On November 12, new orders went into effect calling for the higher feeding rate of 50 milliliters per hour for 22 hours daily.
But nursing staff continued giving the resident the old rate.
When state inspectors arrived on November 24, they observed the resident lying in bed with her feeding pump set to 40 milliliters per hour at 8:59 a.m. Later that day at 12:12 p.m., they watched a licensed practical nurse reconnect the resident's tube feeding and administer it at the same insufficient rate.
The nurse confirmed to inspectors that she was giving the resident Glucerna 1.5 formula at 40 milliliters per hour continuously. When she reviewed the resident's current orders, she acknowledged the feeding should have been running at 50 milliliters per hour for 22 hours daily.
The facility's director of nursing confirmed that the physician's order had been implemented on November 12 for the higher rate. She told inspectors the resident's tube feeding "should have been administered at the physician ordered rate."
The nurse practitioner who had approved the feeding increase said she expected the resident to receive nutrition "at the ordered rate of 50 mL/hr."
The registered dietitian explained that the resident relied solely on tube feeding for nutrition and confirmed she needed the higher rate "to increase her caloric intake to better meet her needs."
During the 12 days between the new physician's order and the inspection, the malnourished resident continued receiving inadequate nutrition. Her diagnoses included cerebral infarction, hemiplegia, protein-calorie malnutrition, adult failure to thrive, and diabetes.
The facility's own nutritional management policy, revised in May 2023, required staff to provide care ensuring each resident "maintains acceptable parameters of nutritional status." The policy called for developing and consistently implementing approaches to optimize nutritional status, including providing tube feeding "in the context of the resident's overall clinical condition."
The resident's care plan identified her as dependent on tube feeding due to her inability to swallow, with instructions to follow physician orders for current feeding parameters.
Her weight loss had been steady and concerning. From her August weight of 139.4 pounds, she had dropped to 136 pounds by mid-September, then 130 pounds by early October. By the time of the inspection in late November, she weighed 128.8 pounds.
The dietitian's November 6 assessment had clearly identified the problem: the current feeding regimen was falling short of the resident's caloric needs by nearly 20 percent. Yet even after the physician ordered the corrective increase, staff failed to implement the change for nearly two weeks.
The inspection found that nursing staff had the correct orders, understood what the orders required, and acknowledged they were not following them. The director of nursing confirmed the orders were in place. The nurse practitioner expected compliance. The dietitian had calculated the medical necessity.
None of that translated into the resident receiving adequate nutrition to address her continued weight loss and malnutrition.
Full Inspection Report
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Center Point Health Care and Rehab in BATON ROUGE, LA was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 25, 2025.
The resident at Center Point Health Care and Rehab had dropped from 139.4 pounds in late August to 128.8 pounds by mid-November.
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.