Nursing Home News — Page 137

The altercation happened on July 19, 2025, at the nursing station during mealtime.

They can trap a person between the rail and the mattress, against the bed frame, or beneath the rail itself.

The citation, recorded under Tag F0561, covers a resident's right to make choices about their own life and to be treated with respect.

Medicaid eligibility rules require that recipients keep their personal resources below a certain threshold, a process known as a spend-down.

One of those citations involved the facility's pharmaceutical services.

Federal health inspectors cited the Medford nursing home for a pattern of violations related to the resident environment.

Six of them had no say in any of it.

The Director of Nursing confirmed to inspectors that the incident had been reviewed and a determination made.

She had not hired a registered nurse for the position.

The deficiency fell under the category of resident assessment and care planning, one of the most foundational obligations a nursing home carries.

The Corporate Nurse Consultant, the Administrator, and the Director of Nursing all sat together for an interview that afternoon.

That explanation now sits in a federal inspection report.