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The core failure was straightforward.

It was, in the inspectors' own words after tasting it themselves, lukewarm.

The deficiency, documented by inspectors in April, affected some residents at the facility on West Seneca Turnpike.

The April inspection, completed April 21, 2025, turned up two medication errors involving separate residents.

Inspectors found the facility wasn't doing that.

The Medical Director joined by phone.

Since March 4, a physician order had directed staff that she was to have nothing by mouth.

The citation landed at F0684, a tag reserved for care that falls below the standard expected to protect residents from serious harm.

The MDS is not paperwork for its own sake.

Federal inspectors determined that residents were at risk of ongoing harm, and that the facility had not been doing enough to intervene.

The threat happened on January 31, 2025, at St.

Inspectors watched the entire sequence on April 7, 2025.