Pruitthealth - Toccoa
PRUITTHEALTH - TOCCOA in TOCCOA, GA — inspection on August 28, 2025.
Found 3 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
During an interview on 8/28/2025 at 10:03 AM, the Administrator stated that call lights should always be placed in reach of the resident.
During an interview on 8/28/25 at 2:10 PM, the Administrator stated that the facility did not have a policy regarding accommodation of needs or call light accessibility for residents.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
115345 08/28/2025
Pruitthealth - Toccoa 633 Falls Road Toccoa, GA 30577
authorities.
results of the investigation of sexual abuse to the State Survey Agency (SSA) within five working
of 31 residents.
Specifically, R71 removed her clothes and incontinence brief and climbed into R68's bed.Findings include:
Review of the facility's policy titled, Investigation of Patient Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, Mistreatment and Misappropriation of Property, dated 11/15/2024, indicated Procedure, 2.A written report of the investigation .should be submitted to the appropriate agency within five working days of the occurrence.
Review of the facility investigation, provided by the Administrator, into the allegation of sexual abuse, revealed that on 7/31/2025 at 5:25 AM, R71 was unclothed sitting at the end of R68's bed in their room.
The file indicated that the SSA was initially notified on 7/31/2025 at 6:20 AM.
However, the final report of the investigation was not sent to the SSA until 8/11/2025.
During an interview on 8/26/2025 at 12:44 PM, the Administrator confirmed the results of the investigation were not submitted timely within five days to the SSA.
The Administrator stated that she was out of the country at the time of this incident and that the Administrative Assistant was informed of the incident, reported the initial report to the SSA, and then sent the results of the abuse investigation to the SSA.
115345 08/28/2025
Pruitthealth - Toccoa 633 Falls Road Toccoa, GA 30577
Review of R71's EMR under the RAI tab, the admission MDS with an ARD of 7/28/2025 indicated a BIMS that the resident was rarely/never understood, short-and long-term memory, therefore, a BIMS score was not obtained.Review of R49's EMR under the RAI tab, the quarterly MDS with an ARD of 8/25/2025 indicated a BIMS score of nine out of 15, which indicated R49's cognition was moderately impaired.
During an interview on 8/25/2025 at 3:48 PM, R68 stated that she remembered when her roommate (R71) came to her side of the bed and was not wearing any clothes. R68 stated that R71 did not get in her bed. I used my call light to have the nurse come and help her.
During an interview on 8/26/2025 at 2:18 PM, the Administrator confirmed that the investigative file contained all the interviews that were conducted.
The Administrator confirmed that the file did not contain an interview with R68 or R49.
The Administrator stated that R49 should have been interviewed even though her BIMS score was nine, to determine if she witnessed the incident.
The Administrator stated that she was out of the country at the time of this incident and that the Administrative Assistant was informed of the incident and conducted the investigation.
The Administrator confirmed it was not a thorough investigation.
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
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