Gregory Ridge Health Care Center
GREGORY RIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER in KANSAS CITY, MO — inspection on November 12, 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
During an interview on 11/10/25 at 11:09 A.M. Resident #1's family member said:-Resident #1 was his/her own person. -The situation had been escalating between the residents. -Resident #2 had been taking Resident #1's food and clothes.
During a telephone interview on 11/10/25 at 11:20 A.M. Resident #1 said:-Resident #2 used to take and put on his/her clothes, shoes and eat his/her food. -That day, Resident #2 said he/she didn't want to be his roommate anymore and closed the door on Resident #1. -Resident #2 would come to Resident #1's side of the room and say weird things. -The Social Worker was going find Resident #1 another room. -He/she attacked Resident #2 when he/she saw Resident #2 in the dining room. -He/She just snapped and he/she did not know why he/she was so mad. He/she had never snapped like that before. -He/She only hit Resident #2 two times.
Then he/she stomped Resident #2. He/she was trying to hurt Resident #2. He/she would have done it again.
During an interview on 11/10/25 at 12:58 A.M.
Guardian A said:-He/She was not aware of issues between Resident #2 and Resident #1.-Resident #2 was one of their newer clients. -Resident #2 had schizophrenia and typically did not have normal conversations with people and would say things that don't make sense.-Had he/she known the full extent of what had happened he/she would have requested Resident #2 to have been assessed in the emergency room. -Resident #2 was assaulted.
During an interview on 11/10/25 at 12:10 P.M. the ADON said:-He/She was at the facility when Resident #1 assaulted Resident #2.-Resident #2 did not show injury to his head or face area. Resident #2 had wet and soiled himself/herself because of the altercation and refused to be cleaned up. Resident #2 did not want to be touched or changed, which was his/her baseline.
During an interview at on 11/10/25 at 2:30 P.M. the Administrator said:-He/She defined abuse as the willful infliction of injury.-He/She didn't know how much the things said by Resident #1 could be relied on.-They did not have enough information, because the police took the resident.-He/She did not know if the definition of assault was abuse as their industry might have different definitions of events than those of law enforcement in relation to the charge of assault.-He/She felt Resident #1 hitting and kicking Resident #2 was not a willful action; because Resident #1's state of mind was unusual for Resident #1. #2652434
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STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Gregory Ridge Health Care Center
7001 Cleveland Avenue Kansas City, MO 64132
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Federal health inspectors cited GREGORY RIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER in KANSAS CITY, MO for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0609 during a complaint investigation conducted on 2025-11-12.
Category: Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 2 deficiencies cited during this inspection of GREGORY RIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has no plan of correction.