Northview Health and Living: Parkinson's Med Mix-Up - IN
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident E, had been taking two forms of carbidopa-levodopa simultaneously — both a regular and an extended-release version — as part of a regimen the neurologist said had been in place for one to two years. When the resident returned to the facility after a hospital stay, the order had been changed. Staff couldn't make sense of it.
The charge nurse, RN 1, told inspectors she had been auditing orders from hospital websites on her own. She acknowledged the carbidopa-levodopa orders should have been clarified. LPN 4 said any unclear order should have gone to the nurse practitioner, who was in the facility at least three times a week. The director of nursing and assistant director of nursing said the same thing on December 31: the admission orders should have been clarified.
The neurologist didn't know any of this was happening. When inspectors reached the neurologist by phone on December 31, the neurologist said the office had not been in contact with the facility since December 10. Because of a breakdown in the electronic records system between the hospitals and the neurology office, the neurologist had not even known the resident had been readmitted. The changed medication order came as news.
The neurologist told inspectors the resident had recently experienced a decrease in mobility, and the medication was already under revision because of significant weight loss. The situation, the neurologist said, was not ideal. The facility should have reached out. The original order needed to be resumed.
RN 1 had signed a job description in May acknowledging a charge nurse's responsibility to communicate effectively with physicians regarding resident needs. She had also been checked off on medication transcription and admission procedures during orientation that same month.
The neurologist was still waiting for the facility to make contact.
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NORTHVIEW HEALTH AND LIVING in ANDERSON, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on December 31, 2025.
When the resident returned to the facility after a hospital stay, the order had been changed.
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