The documentation gaps at Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Morgan City stretched across multiple shifts in October and November 2025, federal inspectors found during a December 30 complaint investigation.
Resident #1 consistently refused care from S8CNA, his assigned nursing assistant, because of their prior relationship outside the facility. S8CNA would ask S7CNA to provide the resident's bath and shower instead.
"Due to Resident #1 knowing her prior to being admitted to the facility he refused to allow her to provide his care," S8CNA told inspectors on December 30. She said she often worked with S7CNA, whom the resident would accept for care.
But S7CNA provided the baths and showers without documenting them, since the resident wasn't assigned to her. The facility's computer system only allowed documentation on assigned bath days and during day shifts.
When night shift staff provided care that the resident also refused during the day, those services went undocumented too. The system couldn't capture care provided outside normal assignment parameters.
S9CNA described the arrangement as common practice. Staff would swap during showers to find someone the resident would accept. "It was common practice to have CNAs swap during showers to find a CNA Resident #1 would allow to provide his care," she told inspectors.
But the workaround created systematic documentation holes. S9CNA explained she couldn't document care in the computer system when residents weren't assigned to her. The electronic medical record became incomplete despite care being provided.
The facility's leadership acknowledged the documentation failures when confronted with the findings.
S2Director of Nursing confirmed missing documentation after reviewing the records. "The staff should have documented Resident #1's care provided and/or refusals of care," she told inspectors. The electronic medical record was the facility's only documentation system, and they had nothing else to show surveyors.
S4Assistant Director of Nursing reached the same conclusion after reviewing the same records. The facility had no additional documentation beyond the incomplete electronic system.
S1Administrator was informed of the violations at 1:01 PM on December 30. "There should have been documentation of all care provided or documentation of any refusals," the administrator acknowledged. The facility couldn't produce any additional records for inspectors.
The timing coincided with a software change at the facility. S3Previous Director of Nursing confirmed the facility switched computer systems during October and November 2025, the same period when documentation gaps occurred.
But the facility had no records showing they identified or corrected documentation problems related to the software transition. The previous director of nursing told inspectors the facility had no additional documentation about the deficient practice.
The violation affected how the facility tracked basic care for residents who refused their assigned staff. Federal regulations require nursing homes to document all care provided or refused, regardless of which staff member delivers the service.
The inspection found the facility's electronic system couldn't accommodate the reality of patient care, where residents sometimes refuse specific staff members and require alternative arrangements. When staff adapted to provide appropriate care, the documentation system failed to capture their efforts.
Legacy Nursing's documentation gaps meant medical records didn't reflect the actual care residents received. The missing information could affect care planning, regulatory compliance, and quality assessments.
The facility acknowledged having no backup documentation systems when their primary electronic records proved inadequate for tracking care provided outside normal assignments.
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