Nursing Home News — Page 666

For residents with substance use disorders, this means creating specific interventions and monitoring protocols regardless of current sobriety status.

The cotton ball placed on top of the gauze was soaked with blood.

Staff R retrieved a tray from the kitchen containing a plate warmer with steam rising from under the lid.

Resident 3 weighed 252 pounds and had paraplegia, morbid obesity, and cognitive deficits when the fatal fall occurred around 9:30 p.m.

Two residents with severe cognitive impairment lived in rooms where water measured 123 degrees, well above the state's maximum of 115 degrees.

CNA 15 described working by himself on a nursing unit one Sunday with 14 assigned residents.

The patient required assistance with personal care and was dependent on staff for toileting hygiene, bathing, lower body dressing, and putting on footwear.

The oxygen failures involved two residents with serious respiratory conditions.

Three residents were affected by staff who skipped hand hygiene steps or failed to wear required protective equipment.

The incident at Ingleside Manor involved two residents in December 2024.

She never washed her hands before putting on gloves.

The protections apply regardless of whether residents are known to carry resistant bacteria.