Community Memorial Health Center
Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley, IA — inspection on October 7, 2025.
Found 2 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
Review of the facility Incident Report titled Alleged Abuse dated 3/8/25 at 6:02 p.m. revealed incident description received a phone call from staff regarding Staff A, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and the approach she was using when she was providing total assistance with Resident #1 supper meal.
Review of facility provided documentation titled Self Report of incident occurring on 3/8/25 at 6:05 p.m Review of written statement by Staff B, CNA, dated 3/8/25 at 6:10 p.m., I was feeding across from Staff A when she was feeding Resident #1.
When Staff A offered Resident #1 a bite Staff A shoved the spoon into her mouth hitting her tooth and not paying any attention to where her mouth was.
Staff A hit Resident #1's tooth hard enough to hear across the table.
Staff A shoved another bite in Resident #1's mouth and when she didn't respond she forcefully shook her saying wake up, eat.
After supper was over I called the Director of Nursing (DON) and let her know the situation.
Interview on 10/6/25 at 3:44 p.m., with Staff B revealed she was feeding at the same table as Staff A and Staff A was roughly shaking Resident #1 saying wake up.
Staff B explained Staff A was shaking Resident #1 that her body was shaking and she was not responding to her.
Staff A attempted to give Resident #1 a bite of food and hit her tooth which she heard it across the table.
Staff B explained she called the DON and told about the situation and Staff A was sent home immediately.
Review of the facility intake information the facility submitted a self report on 3/10/25 at 2:24 p.m
Review of the facility policy titled Abuse Policy and Procedure with a revision date of 7/2025 revealed all allegations of Resident abuse shall be reported to the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals not later than two (2) hours after the allegation is made.
Interview on 10/7/25 at 11:34 a.m., with the Administrator revealed he thought the DON at the time had submitted the information to the state office.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
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IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
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COMPLETED
10/07/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Community Memorial Health Center
231 North Eighth Avenue West Hartley, IA 51346
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Review of the facility Incident Report titled Alleged Abuse dated 3/8/25 at 6:02 p.m. revealed incident description received a phone call from staff regarding Staff A, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and the approach she was using when she was providing total assistance with Resident #1 supper meal.
Review of facility provided documentation titled Self Report of incident occurring on 3/8/25 at 6:05 p.m. submitted to the state agency on 3/10/25 at 2:24 p.m Interview on 10/6/25 at 3:44 p.m., with Staff B revealed she was feeding at the same table as Staff A and Staff A was roughly shaking Resident #1 saying wake up.
Staff B explained Staff A was shaking Resident #1 that her body was shaking and she was not responding to her.
Staff A attempted to give Resident #1 a bite of food and hit her tooth which she heard it across the table.
Staff B explained she called the DON and told about the situation and Staff A was sent home immediately.
Review of Resident #1's Progress Notes lacked documentation of the incident from the incident occurring on 3/10/25.
Interview on 10/7/25 at 11:24 a.m., with the Director of Nursing revealed she expects something to be in the chart about the incident.
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