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Hilltop Healthcare: Medication Orders Ignored - PA
The breakdown began with a pharmacist recommendation dated June 18, 2025....
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The breakdown began with a pharmacist recommendation dated June 18, 2025....
The aide discovered 911 dispatch was on the line....
The mix-up at Mercy Retirement & Care Center exposed how the facility handles basic record-keeping....
But when federal inspectors reviewed the medical file nearly two weeks later, they found nothing documenting the transfer had occurred....
Resident 1 had been admitted with osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis....
The incident occurred on July 5 at approximately 9:15 PM when Licensed Practical Nurse 1 allegedly forced a resident to take medication....
Resident 2, who has type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol, requires a controlled carbohydrate diet to manage his blood sugar levels....
Resident #72 was at moderate risk for falls and required supervision for eating and personal hygiene....
Resident 2 fell three times in ten days....
She did not do the treatments that day....
"She had to go to the bathroom and couldn't find her call light," according to the inspection report....
Resident 1 had stumbled in his bathroom around 4:00 a.m....
Federal inspectors found the driver had received wheelchair transport training just four days before the incident but chose not to follow safety procedures....
The incident at South Pasadena Care Center came to light during an August 27 state inspection triggered by a complaint....
The resident had been admitted to Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Pollock on July 24 with diagnoses including dementia, anxiety, and psychosis....
Resident 2 had been admitted to the 74-350 Country Club Drive facility with diagnoses that included the left arm fracture....
Licensed Practical Nurse Unit Manager #300 discovered Resident #11 in bed at 10:44 a.m....
Baptist Nursing Home's three commercial washing machines had been broken for weeks when federal inspectors arrived in August....
Staff at Vernon Health & Rehabilitation documented on medical records that they had given Resident B his prescribed diazepam doses that morning and at noon....
The August 17 incident involved a wheelchair-bound resident who had been flagged four days earlier for attempting to enter other female residents' rooms....