Osage Rehab And Health Care Center
Osage Rehab and Health Care Center in Osage, IA — inspection on April 8, 2025.
Found 1 citation. 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
According to an email dated 4/9/25 at 10:04 PM the current Maintenance Supervisor agreed with the above description of the heating and cooling system.
An observation on 4/3/25 at 12:30 PM revealed the same buildup of the black substance with the appearance of mold on all of the heating/cooling unit pipes for all 16 rooms on the East side of the building. As well as other specified issues listed below:
a. room [ROOM NUMBER], occupied by Resident #2 contained an active toilet leak.
The floor appeared to have standing water around the toilet itself, which ran across the bathroom floor. Resident #2, identified by the facility as interviewable, indicated his toilet leaked for a long time. Resident #2 confirmed he used the toilet on a regular basis but it didn't bother him, however, it still needed fixed.
During an interview on 4/3/25 at 1:10 PM Resident #5 in room [ROOM NUMBER] A, identified by the facility as interviewable confirmed her toilet leaked off and on.
Staff C, Housekeeping, present during the interview confirmed the facility had a long-standing problem of the toilets leaking.
Staff C indicated the facility completed various interventions such as toilet ring but the toilets continued to leak on the East (older) end of the building.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
165173
Form Approved OMB
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.
Building 165173 B.
Wing 04/08/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Osage Rehab and Health Care Center 830 South Fifth Street Osage, IA 50461
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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.
Plan of correction not included: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to their state survey agency and those responses may not appear in CMS public data at the time of release. The absence of a plan of correction in this report does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken by the facility are encouraged to contact the facility or their state survey agency directly.
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