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The deficiency centers on dialysis patients, among the most medically fragile residents in any nursing home.

The Director of Nursing confirmed it to inspectors the day before the survey closed.

The incident was documented in a nursing note dated February 8, 2025, at 9:16 p.m.

Nobody tried anything else first.

The woman, identified in inspection records as Resident 17, was admitted to the facility with Type 2 diabetes and depression.

The training materials she distributed to staff covered some ground.

The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 48, had been living at the facility since 2022.

The resident, identified in inspection records only as R23, had not attempted to leave the secured unit in over a year.

The sippy cup was not a preference.

That was the situation at New London Sub-Acute and Nursing on Clark Lane when federal inspectors arrived in late March.

Pneumococcal disease, caused by bacteria, is a leading cause of serious illness in older adults.

That was one of three medication storage problems federal inspectors documented at Grandvue Medical Care Facility during a March 2025 inspection.