Nursing Home News — Page 886

The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident #75, was admitted to the facility with type 2 diabetes.

Nobody had done the required assessment first.

Bins of sugar, flour, and cornmeal sat open with no date markings.

Inspectors noted he had intact cognition.

Most concerning was the discovery that controlled drugs were not stored in separately locked compartments as required by federal regulations.

Inspectors classified this as a Level E deficiency, indicating a pattern of problems with potential for more than minimal harm to residents.

None had a name, a date, or any indication of what they were.

The complaint investigation at Marmet Center, a nursing home with 89 residents in Marmet, West Virginia, was conducted on January 30, 2026.

Elevated calcium, left unmonitored, can damage the kidneys, heart, and bones.

The resident, identified in inspection records as R6, had a psychiatric services referral submitted in July 2025.

The resident at the center of the finding, identified in inspection records only as Resident 2, was older and could not verbally communicate their needs.

Her care plan, revised the previous June, was explicit.