Nursing Home News — Page 150

The expiration date read 5/23/26.

The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident #3, had a documented diagnosis of dysphagia, a condition that makes swallowing dangerous.

Both were describing the same resident.

It took two more interviews the following day before anyone at the facility could explain why the lids had been left open, and none of them could.

The gap ran from April 27 through May 21, 2026.

Dietary CC pulled the pork chops from the warmer oven, loaded them into a Robot Coupe food processor, and went back for the gravy.

The other two, Residents 45 and 88, lived on the same hall under the care of the same charge nurse.

The policy listed changing briefs, device care, and wound care as examples of exactly when that gear had to go on.

The facility is the Mildred and Shirley L.

The nurse assigned to that cart said she checked for expired medications every couple of weeks.

The nursing home is disputing the citation.

The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 11, had been living at the facility since earlier that year.