Nursing Home News — Page 576

## Medical Treatment Delays Beyond the behavioral care concerns, inspectors found the facility failed to provide timely medical treatment to residents.

VRE represents a significant threat in nursing home environments.

Inspectors found no personal protective equipment available in his room and no signage indicating the need for enhanced precautions.

Despite clear signage posted outside the room indicating special isolation requirements, staff and visitors failed to follow essential protective protocols.

Life Care Center of Reno, located at 445 W.

However, inspectors found no documented evidence that any monitoring of these records for accuracy or completeness had occurred.

Initial assessments documented no pressure ulcers when R2 returned to the facility.

The supervisor reported that bed inspections had been recently completed at the facility.

The 555093-licensed facility at 1929 N.

The resident also had a dialysis catheter placed in his right upper chest area.

When the nurse checked the resident's glucose level, the meter displayed "high," indicating the blood sugar exceeded 600 milligrams per deciliter.

The assaults targeted Residents #9, #13, and #14, all of whom had documented diagnoses of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.