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Calibre Post Acute: Drug Review Failures - NM
The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 16, had been prescribed escitalopram and trazodone....
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The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 16, had been prescribed escitalopram and trazodone....
â The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is undertaking a formal review of its longstanding policies discouraging antipsychotic medication use in nursing homes, a shift that could reshape how more than one million long-term care residents receive psychiatric treatment....
The deficiency falls under the broader category of **Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies**....
â The operators of a small community residential care facility in North Charleston have been arrested and charged with neglect resulting in the death of a 64-year-old resident, according to an announcement from South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson....
14th Street in Livingston, Montana....
The physician agreed to the reduction and ordered the change....
POTOMAC, MD â A 22-year-old medication technician at a Potomac senior living facility has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly donning a disguise to fatally shoot an 87-year-old resident in his room on Valentine's Day, according to Montgomery County Police....
The drug was midodrine, prescribed October 6, 2025, for a resident with hypotension....
The January 19, 2026 incident is the latest in a disturbing pattern of neglect, abuse and resident deaths at the facility that critics say has faced woefully inadequate consequences....
The state is seeking nearly $124 million in combined restitution, disgorgement of overpayments, civil penalties, and damages....
The activity aide immediately intervened....
The notice must include the reason for transfer, effective date, destination, appeal rights information, and ombudsman contact details....
The wound appeared in a weekly skin assessment dated October 17, 2025....
Investigators also discovered two additional vulnerable adults locked inside a room at the facility with no means of escape....
The inspection, completed November 25, 2025, was triggered by a complaint....
River's Bend Health Services never investigated....
The review comes as federal data reveals that state survey agencies have cited nearly half of all certified nursing homes nationwide for pharmaceutical services deficiencies during recent inspections....
When waste is not handled according to established protocols, several risks emerge....
The finding marks the second time in less than a year that the facility has received an immediate jeopardy citation â the most serious designation federal and state regulators can issue....
BOSTON, MA â Tony Francis, the 59-year-old former chief executive of Edgar P....