Guam Memorial Hospital: 18 Safety Deficiencies - GU
This included shortcomings in providing treatment and daily living supports in a safe manner....
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This included shortcomings in providing treatment and daily living supports in a safe manner....
The facility's own managers confirmed it, one after another, in interviews with inspectors across two days....
The wound went without physician-ordered treatment until February 27....
## Why Medical Record Privacy Matters in Nursing Homes Breaches of medical record confidentiality in long-term care settings carry significant implications....
She said so herself during a federal inspection on November 14, 2025....
Nursing home residents are disproportionately affected by environmental hazards compared to the general population....
That person was the facility's operations manager....
Accurate resident assessments form the cornerstone of all nursing home care....
Inspectors noted the deficiency affected some residents....
Resident #2 at Accura Healthcare of Marshalltown required continuous oxygen at 2 liters per minute under physician orders dated August 22....
Federal inspectors found the facility prescribed Trazodone 50 milligrams at bedtime for insomnia to Resident #3, with orders starting November 1st....
Anything short of that, according to the administrator's own words to federal inspectors, did not need to go anywhere beyond the facility's walls....
The facility, located in this border city along the Rio Grande, has not submitted a plan of correction for the reporting violation....
Bel Aire Center failed to follow federal restraint regulations for Resident #2, who was cognitively unable to remove the buckled seat belt independently....
On October 27, inspectors watched LPN #2 walk away from an unlocked cart on the second floor, leaving it unattended for minutes....
The August 2nd encounter began when the resident's spouse became frustrated that her husband didn't want to sit and visit with her....
The aide, identified in inspection records as E10, reported the pain complaint to the assigned nurse right away....
LPN 1 told federal inspectors the situation escalated quickly after the family signed admission paperwork and said "good luck" on their way out of the room....
The incident happened on September 30....
That finding sits at the center of a complaint inspection completed November 20, 2025, at the Tucson rehabilitation and nursing facility....