Nursing Home News — Page 17

The deficiency was cited at a level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting a small number of residents.

The October 2025 inspection, triggered by a complaint, resulted in a single cited deficiency under the federal tag governing residents' physical environment.

The October 22 complaint inspection centered on a single resident, identified in records only as Resident #1, whose in-room phone had been removed.

Inspectors caught the error during a complaint survey on October 21, 2025.

The November 2025 complaint inspection, completed on November 13, turned up 19 deficiencies at the facility.

Inspectors classified it as an isolated deficiency with no documented harm to any resident, but with potential for more than minimal harm.

The violation was tagged at the level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm.

The finding came out of a complaint inspection conducted October 22, 2025.

Federal inspectors documented the lapse on October 21, 2025, during a complaint inspection at the 93-bed facility in Elkins.

The infection control citation, recorded under regulatory tag F0880, was classified as an isolated deficiency with no documented harm to residents.

That resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 1, had a documented history of dementia and had told staff he wanted to go home.

Immediate jeopardy is the most serious level of harm the federal government assigns during nursing home inspections.