Silver City Care Center
Silver City Care Center in Silver City, NM — inspection on January 28, 2025.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
During the interview, the Administrator reported that she did not believe that there was any effect to R #16 because she was already deceased when it happened.
The Administrator confirmed that there was not any education for RN #1 or other staff regarding respecting deceased residents.
F.
Record review of the facility's self report dated [DATE] identified Care concerns have been reported for this resident [R #16].
Investigation started.
325091
Form Approved OMB
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.
Building 325091 B.
Wing 01/28/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Silver City Care Center 3514 Fowler Ave Silver City, NM 88061
A. On [DATE] at 4:36 PM, during an interview, NA #1 stated she got to work on [DATE] at 6:00 am. NA #1 said that she noticed R #16's door was closed, and the door being closed was unusual. NA #1 said that at 6:30 AM, RN #1 asked her to take R #16's vital signs. NA #1 stated when she went into R #16's room, the room was cold. NA #1 said R #16 would usually respond to her right away when entering the room. NA #1 said R #16's dentures did not seem to be sitting right in her mouth. NA #1 further stated R #16 did not respond to her, she nudged R #16 and noticed at that time she was cold. NA #1 stated she realized R #16 had passed, so she left the room to let staff know and RN #1 was standing outside the room laughing. NA #1 stated RN #1 said it was a cruel rookie joke that he was playing and RN #1 told NA #1 not to say anything because he wanted to play the joke on another staff. NA #1 said that she was so distraught that emergency medical services had to be called to check her out because she was having a panic attack.
B.
Record review of a written statement dated [DATE], from CMA #1 revealed there was another staff member that was going to be asked to take vital signs on the deceased resident as a friendly joke but that staff member did not report to work. CMA #1 wrote NA #1 was the one sent into the room [to be pranked].
325091
Form Approved OMB
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.
Building 325091 B.
Wing 01/28/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Silver City Care Center 3514 Fowler Ave Silver City, NM 88061