Nursing Home News — Page 462

The inspection report does not name the resident.

The resident, identified in inspection records only as R2, had a long history of chronic leg wounds from lymphedema and peripheral vascular disease.

The incident happened on January 25, 2026, at approximately 3:15 in the afternoon.

The resident at Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had fractured their femur.

The quality committee, known in nursing home regulatory language as the QAPI committee, had been assigned to monitor the fix.

What they found was that it had.

The same deficiency came back in May 2024.

Inspectors rated the violations as causing actual harm to residents, though only a few were affected.

She was still there, documented as a patient at the hospital, through at least April 24.

They had conducted the investigation together.

The Prevalon protective boots were not on their feet.

The resident, identified in the inspection report only as Resident #8, fractured her hip in the fall.