How serious are these violations?

Violation severity varies from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the inspection report for specific deficiency codes and scope. All violations must be corrected within required timeframes and are subject to follow-up verification inspections.

What should families do?

Families should: (1) Ask facility administration about specific corrective actions taken, (2) Request to see the follow-up inspection report verifying corrections, (3) Check if this represents a pattern by reviewing prior inspection reports, (4) Compare this facility's ratings with other nursing homes in Marrero, LA, (5) Report any new concerns directly to state authorities.

Where can I see the full inspection report?

The complete inspection report is available on Medicare.gov's Care Compare website (www.medicare.gov/care-compare). You can also request a copy directly from Wynhoven Community Care Center or from the state Department of Health. The report includes specific deficiency codes, facility responses, and correction timelines. This facility's federal provider number is 195210.

Has this facility had violations before?

To check Wynhoven Community Care Center's history, visit Medicare.gov's Care Compare and review their inspection history, quality ratings, and staffing levels. Look for patterns of repeated violations, especially in critical areas like abuse prevention, medication management, infection control, and resident safety.

Inspection Report

Wynhoven Community Care Center: Resident Laceration - LA

June 16, 2026

Marrero, LA

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Healthcare Facility

Wynhoven Community Care Center

Marrero, LA · 1/5 stars

The laceration happened on February 28, 2026. A licensed practical nurse assessed Resident 1 that day and found a wound on the left lower lateral leg. The inspection report does not say what prompted the assessment, only what the nurse found when she looked: a laceration, a resident who needed pressure applied to the wound, and vital signs that needed checking. The resident's physician, hospice provider, and responsible family member were all notified. Resident 1 was transferred to the hospital for evaluation and treatment.

The culprit was an enabler bar, a padded grab rail attached to the bed frame that residents use to reposition themselves or assist with transfers. The end cap on Resident 1's bar was missing. That left exposed metal.

Only after Resident 1 left for the hospital did the LPN pad the bar with foam.

A federal complaint inspection followed, conducted March 26 and 27, 2026. Inspectors cited the violation at the level of actual harm, meaning the deficiency had already caused a real injury to a real person, not a theoretical one.

The facility's own review found no other residents were harmed. But the scope of what inspectors and staff discovered during the corrective process tells a fuller story about how long the problem had gone unnoticed. On March 1, a maintenance supervisor went bed to bed and checked every enabler bar in the building. That single audit was the first time anyone had systematically looked. The results showed no other missing end caps that day, but the fact that the audit had never happened before is its own finding.

Two days later, on March 3, the facility completed side rail, bed mobility, and lift assessments on every resident in the building. Care plans and the over-bed signage that tells staff how to safely move each resident were verified the same day. The maintenance department reinspected every bed for structural integrity. On March 5, six days after Resident 1 came home from the hospital, all enabler bars in the facility were padded.

The Director of Nursing and the therapy department ran training sessions for licensed nurses and nursing assistants covering how to assess enabler bars before transfers, how to identify unsafe conditions, and what to do when something looks wrong. Staff interviewed during the inspection said they knew the protocols. Nurses and CNAs confirmed training had been completed and told inspectors they understood they were not supposed to proceed with a transfer they judged unsafe.

What the inspection record does not explain is why none of that knowledge prevented the injury in the first place.

The monitoring plan the facility put in place after the incident required a maintenance supervisor or designee to check all enabler bars daily for one week beginning March 3. The Director of Nursing or a designee was to observe ten random resident transfers each day for the same week. Any problems found were to go immediately to the facility's Quality Assurance Performance Improvement committee, with corrective action to follow the same day.

By March 8, inspectors determined the facility was back in compliance.

Resident 1 was on hospice at the time of the injury. The inspection report does not describe that resident's mobility, cognitive status, or the nature of the hospital treatment beyond evaluation and care. It does not say whether Resident 1 returned to the facility, or in what condition. The record ends with the facility in compliance and the monitoring period closed after one week.

What it captures, without elaborating on it, is the window between a missing end cap and a padded bar: the days or weeks or longer when a hospice patient reached for a grab rail and the exposed metal was simply there, and no one had checked.

Full Inspection Report

The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Wynhoven Community Care Center from 2026-03-30 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.

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Data source: Official federal inspection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Editorial process: AI-synthesized regulatory data, reviewed for accuracy by our editorial team.

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Last verified: June 17, 2026 · Our methodology

Quick Answer

Wynhoven Community Care Center in Marrero, LA was cited for violations during a health inspection on March 30, 2026.

The laceration happened on February 28, 2026.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happened at Wynhoven Community Care Center?: The laceration happened on February 28, 2026.
How serious are these violations?: Violation severity varies from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the inspection report for specific deficiency codes and scope. All violations must be corrected within required timeframes and are subject to follow-up verification inspections.
What should families do?: Families should: (1) Ask facility administration about specific corrective actions taken, (2) Request to see the follow-up inspection report verifying corrections, (3) Check if this represents a pattern by reviewing prior inspection reports, (4) Compare this facility's ratings with other nursing homes in Marrero, LA, (5) Report any new concerns directly to state authorities.
Where can I see the full inspection report?: The complete inspection report is available on Medicare.gov's Care Compare website (www.medicare.gov/care-compare). You can also request a copy directly from Wynhoven Community Care Center or from the state Department of Health. The report includes specific deficiency codes, facility responses, and correction timelines. This facility's federal provider number is 195210.
Has this facility had violations before?: To check Wynhoven Community Care Center's history, visit Medicare.gov's Care Compare and review their inspection history, quality ratings, and staffing levels. Look for patterns of repeated violations, especially in critical areas like abuse prevention, medication management, infection control, and resident safety.