Nursing Home News — Page 636

Federal inspectors classified the incident as Immediate Jeopardy, the most serious level of harm designation available under federal nursing home oversight.

The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 77, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, and depression.

The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 22, had been complaining of mouth pain multiple times a day.

The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 5, had been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and hypotension.

The finding came from a complaint inspection at LECOM at Presque Isle, a nursing facility on Schaper Avenue in Erie, completed March 31, 2026.

Highland Home is a nursing facility in Ridgeland, Mississippi, with 101 residents.

The order had been placed on December 11, 2024, at 6:30 in the morning.

A physician's order dated December 9, 2025 directed staff to admit R28 to hospice.

The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 1, was eventually confirmed gone by reviewing closed-circuit television footage.

That was the first thing they found.

A stroke of that nature affects everything: a person's ability to grip, to walk, to use the limbs they've relied on their entire lives.

The resident, who had been placed on the secure unit specifically because he or she was known to wander, was last seen around 8:00 to 8:10 p.m.