Grove at Kirkwood: COVID Vaccine Violations - MO
Inspectors found no documentation that residents with serious underlying conditions received vaccine education or offers....
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Inspectors found no documentation that residents with serious underlying conditions received vaccine education or offers....
One resident dropped from 108 pounds to 84.7 pounds, losing 21.57% of her body weight....
Federal inspectors found the facility failed to ensure proper infection control practices during wound care for two residents during their July inspection....
The woman, identified as R385 in federal inspection records, was admitted to the facility on December 11, 2024, from an acute care hospital....
The resident, identified as Resident B, was supposed to receive physician notification whenever blood glucose levels reached 351 or higher....
The facility's nursing home administrator went on administrative leave January 31 and still hadn't returned when state inspectors arrived March 20....
The incident occurred on February 3rd at 10:35 a.m....
The violations spanned three separate time periods....
Licensed Practical Nurse #1 mixed potassium chloride liquid into thickened water and brought it to the resident's room with other medications....
The patient required warfarin therapy to prevent potentially fatal clots, with a target INR range of 2.0 to 3.0....
An hour later, a wound nurse entered to perform treatment while gnats continued flying in the air and landing on the patient's gown and bandages....
The same week, nurses were pumping oxygen into Resident 61's lungs at more than double the prescribed rate....
But North Ridge Health and Rehab staff continued signing off on colostomy care every shift from December 2023 through July 2024....
Most troubling, the same nurse documented giving a Mometasone Furoate inhaler to the resident at 8:00 AM but later admitted she never administered it at all....
R104 arrived at the facility on June 29, 2024, with a traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage....
The most egregious case involved a morbidly obese resident who was supposed to receive compression stockings twice daily to prevent dangerous blood clots....
Federal inspectors observed the March 11 incident at Country Hills Post Acute during a routine survey....
The aide at Miracle Mile Healthcare Center said the elevator "would sometimes stop functioning" during his 7 a.m....
The resident, identified as Resident 3 in federal inspection records, dropped from 219 pounds in September to 173 pounds by February, a 23.29% weight loss....
The complaint involved three residents who all requested that the same two certified nursing assistants be removed from their care assignments....