Brickyard Healthcare - Portage Care Center
BRICKYARD HEALTHCARE - PORTAGE CARE CENTER in PORTAGE, IN — inspection on October 30, 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
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure anti-seizure medications were available and dispensed according to physician's orders for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for seizure medication administration. (Resident B)Finding includes:The record for Resident B was reviewed on 10/30/25 at 9:40 a.m.
Diagnoses included, but were not limited to, seizures.A Physician's Order, dated 8/15/25 indicated lacosamide (an anti-seizure medication) oral tablet, 50 mg (milligrams) every morning and bedtime.The October 2025 medication administration record (MAR) lacked documentation that the 10/24/25 bedtime and 10/25/25 morning doses were administered. A Progress Note, dated 10/25/25 at 9:08 a.m., indicated the lacosamide medication was unavailable, and the pharmacy indicated a new prescription was needed.
During an interview on 10/30/25 at 2:21 p.m., the Corporate Nurse Consultant indicated the medication came from the pharmacy on a card, and the nurse could visualize when a refill would be needed.
She indicated the pharmacy had a prescription with refills available for the medication, and they received the medication after the resident transferred out of the facility on 10/25/25.
This Federal tag relates to Intake 2654366.3.1-25(a)
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.
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