Westridge Health Care: Dietary Staffing Violations - IN
On at least 15 separate days between Christmas Eve and late January, the kitchen operated with only two workers. The facility's own assessment tool, the document the administrator handed inspectors on January 30, stated plainly that food and nutrition services required four staff members: a director, a registered dietician or qualified equivalent, and three support workers. What residents got was half that.
On January 20, the kitchen had one person. No cook was scheduled at all.
The pattern held across Christmas week, New Year's Eve, and into the new year without interruption. December 24, two workers. December 29, two workers. December 31, two workers. January 5, two workers. January 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24, all the same. The dietary manager, running on no days off and 14-hour days, was the constant holding it together.
The administrator provided the facility assessment document during the January 30 inspection. It carried a creation date of January 14 and a review date of January 29, one day before inspectors arrived. It described exactly the staffing levels the facility had not been meeting for weeks.
Inspectors classified the violation as affecting many residents, with minimal harm or potential for actual harm. The citation covers the period from late December through the final week of January.
What the inspection does not record is how a person works 34 consecutive days at 14 hours each, feeding a nursing home full of residents who depend on that kitchen, and what happens when they stop.
Full Inspection Report
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
WESTRIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER in TERRE HAUTE, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
On at least 15 separate days between Christmas Eve and late January, the kitchen operated with only two workers.
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