Lafon Nursing Facility Of The Holy Family
LAFON NURSING FACILITY OF THE HOLY FAMILY in NEW ORLEANS, LA — inspection on December 22, 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
Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to maintain accurate records for 1 (Resident #3) of 3 sampled residents reviewed for accurate documentation.
Findings:
Review of the facility's undated Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) job description revealed, in part, duties and responsibilities included maintaining accurate documentation of nursing care, including nurse's notes and electronic records.
Review of the facility's undated Checking Gastric Residual Volume (GRV) policy and procedure, revealed, in part, the person performing this procedure should record the date and time the procedure was performed and the amount of gastric residual in the resident's medical record.
Review of Resident #3's December 2025 physician's orders revealed, in part, an order dated 11/11/2025 for Isosource 1.5 (a type of liquid nutritional supplement that is typically given through a tube directly inserted into the stomach) at 58 milliliters (mL)/hour via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube (a tube inserted through the skin into the stomach to provide liquid nourishment) for 21 hours to be started at 12:00PM and stopped at 9:00AM.
Review of Resident #3's Medication Admin Audit Report, dated 12/17/2025, revealed, in part, S6LPN documented Resident #3's Isosource 1.5 feedings were restarted at a rate of 58 mL/hour on 12/17/2025 at 11:08AM.
Review of Resident #3's nurse's notes, dated 12/17/2025 at 12:17PM, written by S6LPN indicated, in part, 315 mL of residual, feeding held.
Further review revealed no nurse's notes dated 12/17/2025 when Resident #3's enteral feeds were restarted and/or Resident #3's subsequent residual checks.
Observation on 12/17/2025 at 1:00PM revealed Resident #3's feeding pump remained off and feed tubing was not connected to Resident #3's PEG tube port. In an interview on 12/17/2025 at 2:38PM, S6LPN indicated Resident #3's enteral feedings were held and not currently running due to a high residual.
S6LPN further indicated she documented Resident #3's enteral feedings were restarted at 11:08AM and should not have been.
Observation on 12/17/2025 at 2:45PM revealed Resident #3's feeding pump remained off and feed tubing was not connected to Resident #3's PEG tube port.
Observation on 12/17/2025 at 2:51PM revealed S6LPN performed a PEG tube residual check on Resident #3's PEG tube.
Further observation revealed 50 mL residual was removed.
Observation on 12/17/2025 at 3:08PM revealed S6LPN restarted Resident #3's enteral feeds.
Review of Resident #3's medical record revealed, in part, S6LPN did not document the feeding residual check on 12/17/2025 at 2:51PM.
Further review revealed S6LPN did not document the actual time Resident #3's enteral feedings were restarted on 12/17/2025. In an interview on 12/22/2025 at 10:19AM, S3Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed S6LPN should have accurately documented Resident #3's enteral feeding times and Resident #3's enteral feeding residual checks including the date, time, and amount in Resident #3's medical record.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
Facility ID:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
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Building
COMPLETED
12/22/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family
6900 Chef Menteur Hwy New Orleans, LA 70126
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
12/22/2025 at 10:19AM, S3Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed residents on EBP should have EBP signage on their door. S3DON further confirmed a gown should have been worn during PEG tube care and during resident transfer and positioning for a resident on EBP.
Facility ID:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
A.
Building
COMPLETED
12/22/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family
6900 Chef Menteur Hwy New Orleans, LA 70126
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents in semiprivate rooms had a ceiling suspended curtain around the bed for 2 (Resident #3, Resident #R4) of 4 sampled residents observed for environmental requirements.
Findings:Observation on 12/18/2025 at 9:45AM revealed Resident #R4 did not have a ceiling suspended privacy curtain suspended around Resident #R4's bed as required, to ensure privacy.
Observation on 12/18/2025 at 1:45PM revealed Resident #3 did not have a ceiling suspended privacy curtain suspended around Resident #3's bed as required, to ensure privacy. In an interview on 12/18/2025 at 12:44PM, S7CNA indicated the above mentioned residents were in semi-private rooms and both currently had a roommate.
Observation on 12/22/2025 at 9:30AM revealed Resident #3 did not have a ceiling suspended privacy curtain suspended around Resident #3's bed as required, to ensure privacy.
Observation on 12/22/2025 at 1:42PM revealed Resident #R4 did not have a ceiling suspended privacy curtain suspended around Resident #R4's bed as required, to ensure privacy. In an interview on 12/22/2025 at 10:00AM, S3Director of Nursing confirmed a resident in a semiprivate room should have a ceiling suspended privacy curtain suspended around the resident's bed to ensure privacy.
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