Nursing Home News — Page 663

The nurse opened a sterile trach kit and removed his regular gloves to put on the sterile ones.

The chaos at Loft Rehabilitation & Nursing runs deeper than communication breakdowns.

The facility failed to provide appropriate treatment to maintain residents' range of motion and mobility, according to inspection records.

LVN 3 prepared morning medications for Resident 8 on June 11, gathering an antibiotic, blood thinner injection, vitamin supplement and laxative powder.

The patient, identified as R85, was admitted December 12 with diagnoses including low back pain, fibromyalgia, muscle weakness, and gait abnormalities.

The facility gave Resident 2 a flu vaccination on October 1, 2024, but kept no record of educating the resident about risks and benefits.

The resident, identified only as Resident #1, was found December 29, 2024, soaked in sweat with oxygen levels dangerously low at 55 percent.

The April 29 incident at Chino Valley Health Care Center happened during lunch hour in full view of staff and other residents.

Resident 2, who was cognitively intact, confirmed to inspectors that the strap around his midsection had been "very loose" during the fall.

The facility failed to follow enhanced barrier precautions for a resident with a feeding tube.

Two residents denied receiving their prescribed pain medication, though records showed the pills had been removed from inventory.

The one-inch gap created a deadly entrapment hazard that the manufacturer explicitly warned against.