Nursing Home News — Page 273

PASRR evaluations are federally mandated for all nursing home residents with documented mental disorders or intellectual disabilities.

The timing made the violations more striking.

Resident 81 arrived at the facility with diagnoses of dementia, depression and anxiety.

The facility never made the request.

The errors occurred despite residents actively receiving psychiatric medications for these conditions.

The problems extended beyond the main kitchen.

The problems extended beyond forgotten cheese.

Resident #5, admitted with toxic encephalopathy and acute respiratory failure, kept a bottle of Lactaid in her bedside nightstand.

The same nurse then wheeled the vital signs equipment straight into another resident's room without cleaning it.

Federal inspectors documented the April 12 violation at Lincoln County Care Center during their observation of the noon meal service in the dining room.

The 83-year-old woman had moderate cognitive impairment, atrial fibrillation, and a history of heart attack.

An inspector intervened before the nurse could take vital signs with the contaminated equipment.