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Polaris Extended Care: Staffing Shortfalls Harm Residents - AK
She added there were more that needed to be filled beyond those already posted....
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She added there were more that needed to be filled beyond those already posted....
The administrator told inspectors on August 11 that the problem had been brought to her attention on August 5....
It was, the aide explained, meant to make the narcotic count go faster....
The other residents who witnessed it were scared enough that they waited until the next day to report what they had seen....
That was on the night of August 10th....
The records, covering shifts from July 21 through August 10, showed one nurse clocked in at 6 p.m....
The resident had undergone cardiac surgery....
That was the finding when a complaint inspection landed at the facility on August 9, 2025....
What inspectors found was a kitchen operating out of compliance with rules the facility had written for itself....
The inspection, triggered by a complaint, resulted in a citation for actual harm....
Dietary staff were assigned to check the refrigerators....
Nobody told the medical director it had happened....
The resident, identified in inspection records only as R55, lives at Green Acres Health and Rehabilitation on Allen Memorial Drive....
The office was shared with the admissions coordinator and the administrator....
Bread wrappers, discarded packaging, whatever had accumulated, left there while people tried to eat....
Nobody investigated for four days....
She left the facility in septic shock....
Seven hours passed before anyone told the director of nursing....
It was the third inspection visit in eight days....
It was the second time in twelve days....