Timbers of Jasper: Pharmacy Service Failures - IN
The mix-up went undiscovered until after she was already gone. Facility staff then tried to reach her representative every day for six days before making contact on September 25. The medications came back that same day. Nobody flagged the error publicly until a federal complaint inspection four months later.
That was only part of what inspectors found.
In the weeks before her discharge, Resident B had been prescribed enoxaparin, a blood thinner given by injection under the skin. She was recovering from a fracture of her right lower leg and needed the drug to prevent dangerous clots. Her physician ordered it starting September 5. Her medication administration record tells a different story about what actually happened.
On September 14, the drug was listed as unavailable. September 15, unavailable, awaiting delivery. September 16, unavailable again. September 18, the entry was simply blank, with no note explaining why. Four days across a ten-day window when a post-surgical patient on blood thinner therapy did not receive her dose, and the records offer no evidence anyone intervened.
An emergency drug kit on-site, inspectors later learned, contained enoxaparin 30 mg syringes, the exact formulation Resident B had been prescribed. A nurse showed inspectors the machine on January 30 and explained that staff could pull from it when supplies ran low, and that the pharmacy would restock within a day if notified. Whether anyone checked that kit during those four days in September, the inspection report does not say. The records simply show the doses were not given.
The discharge itself added a second failure on top of the first. A progress note signed by LPN 3 on September 19 stated that Resident B had been discharged home with all medications. The facility's own procedure called for two nurses to verify discharge medications and both to sign the summary form. The form provided to inspectors carried one signature: LPN 3. The Director of Nursing told inspectors that LPN 3 was no longer employed at the facility.
Resident B had no cognitive impairment. She needed substantial to maximal help with toileting, showering, and transfers. She had been at the facility since early September, relying on staff to manage her medications entirely.
The administrator handed inspectors a medication administration competency form during the visit, last revised in April 2025, stating that medications should be given as ordered. The form did not explain the four missing doses or the bag of someone else's prescriptions that left the building with a patient.
Federal inspectors classified the violations at the level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, the lowest tier of the harm scale. The citation covered one of three closed records reviewed.
What the record does not show is whether Resident B, or whoever received her medications by accident, experienced any consequence from the mix-up. The incident form noted only that contact was made, and the medications were returned. Whether the other resident went without their own prescriptions during those six days, the report does not address.
Resident B went home. The medications came back. The nurse who signed the discharge form no longer works there. And four doses of a blood thinner ordered for a woman recovering from a broken leg remain, in the official record, simply unaccounted for.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Timbers of Jasper The from 2026-01-30 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
TIMBERS OF JASPER THE in JASPER, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
The mix-up went undiscovered until after she was already gone.
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.