Nursing Home News — Page 91

The facility, which provides rehabilitation and long-term nursing care to residents in this small St.

Inspectors classified the violation as isolated, with no actual harm documented, but with potential for more than minimal harm to residents.

So she said nothing to the Director of Nursing.

The activity citation fell under the category of quality of life and care deficiencies.

That distinction offers little comfort.

The things that, when they go unmet, are invisible to visitors but felt every hour by the people living inside.

The grievance violation, cited under a category covering resident rights, documented a pattern of failures.

Inspectors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cited Lakehouse Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center on August 15 for the privacy breakdown.

They can't contest a decision they don't know is contestable.

No actual harm was recorded, but inspectors determined there was potential for more than minimal harm to at least one resident.

The citation noted no actual harm had occurred, but inspectors determined there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.

For residents who have lost the ability to do these things independently, a nursing facility is supposed to step in.