Avante Villa: Feeding Tube Care Failures - FL
Resident 19 suffers from malignant carcinoid tumor of the small intestine and requires gastrostomy feeding due to severe swallowing difficulties....
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Resident 19 suffers from malignant carcinoid tumor of the small intestine and requires gastrostomy feeding due to severe swallowing difficulties....
To understand the gravity of this finding, it helps to understand how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) categorizes nursing home deficiencies....
Federal records showed the facility's last risk-benefit statement for these medications was completed nearly a year ago on September 17, 2024....
"She shared that there was no assessment done," the inspection report states....
The resident, identified in inspection records as R16, has dementia, quadriplegia, and diabetic neuropathy....
Federal inspectors visited the facility on December 23, 2025, responding to a complaint....
The Meadows admitted the resident on November 4 with atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder....
Federal inspectors visiting the facility on September 10, 2025, found that staff had placed a call bell on the wrong side of a resident's bed....
Inspectors determined the deficiency reached a **Scope/Severity Level E**, indicating a pattern of noncompliance....
The facility has not submitted a plan of correction....
When a facility fails to inform residents of their rights, the consequences may not be immediately visible, but the risks compound over time....
The citation was one of **8 total deficiencies** identified at the facility, and the provider has not submitted a plan of correction....
The problems affected rooms housing some of the facility's 54 residents....
The nurse initially exposed the front of Resident 32's green incontinence brief and declared the patient dry before moving to close it....
Inspectors determined that some residents had been affected....
The miscommunication caused actual harm to resident #10, according to federal inspectors who investigated a complaint at the facility in October....
The respiratory care deficiency was one of **two violations** documented during the survey....
The incomplete records violated federal requirements for maintaining accurate medical documentation....
The administrator told inspectors at 2:13 p.m....
Federal inspectors confirmed the violations during their investigation....