Nursing Home News — Page 179

When Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home submitted the required incident report to Nebraska state regulators, the document left out nearly everything that mattered.

The inspection, conducted April 28, 2026, was triggered by a complaint.

The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 75, was cognitively intact and fully aware of her situation.

A resident at Summit Ridge Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation had recently lost a leg above the knee.

The lapse was documented during a complaint inspection conducted on April 29 and 30, 2026.

That explanation didn't satisfy inspectors.

The report had to happen within two hours of the suspicion forming.

That exchange, which took place on March 21, 2026, is the center of a complaint inspection completed by federal surveyors on April 30, 2026.

Her guardian had been asking the facility to stop it for months.

Federal inspectors documented the situation following a complaint inspection on April 27, 2026.

That was the extent of what inspectors could confirm she communicated.

The error was discovered during a complaint inspection at Cedar Crest Post Acute, completed April 30, 2026.