Grace Brethren Village
GRACE BRETHREN VILLAGE in ENGLEWOOD, OH — inspection on August 27, 2025.
Found 1 citation. 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
Based on review of observations, staff interviews and review of facility policy, the facility failed to ensure a treatment cart containing medications was locked/secured.
This had the potential to affect two (#7 and #35) residents that were identified by the facility as being cognitively impaired, independently mobile and could access the unlocked/unsecured treatment cart.
The census was 39.
Findings include: Observation on 08/26/25 at 10:30 A.M. revealed a treatment cart located in a common area by the nursing station was unlocked and unsecured.
The treatment cart's drawers were able to be opened.
The treatment cart contained various medicated creams, powders, and solutions. On 08/26/25 at 10:35 A.M. the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed the treatment cart was unlocked, unsecured and contained contained various medicated creams, powders, and solutions.
The DON confirmed the treatment cart should be locked and only licensed staff should have access to the treatment cart.
Observation of the treatment cart contents with the DON on 08/26/25 at 3:25 P.M. revealed it contained eight 100 gram tubes of one percent (1%) diclofenac sodium cream (pain reliever), a tube of 3% lidocaine cream (pain reliever), a tube of clotrimazole and betamethasone dipropionate cream (antifungal), and two bottles of 3% hydrogen peroxide solution.
The facility identified two two (#7 and #35) residents that were cognitively impaired, independently mobile and that could access the unlocked/unsecured treatment cart.
Review of the facility's policy titled Storage of Medications dated revised November 2020 revealed the facility stores all drug and biologicals in a safe, secure, and orderly manner.
Compartments (including, but not limited to, drawers, cabinets, rooms, refrigerators, carts, and boxes) containing drugs and biologicals are locked when not in use.
Unlocked medication carts are not to be left unattended.
This deficiency represents non-compliance investigated under Complaint Number 1395140 (OH00165817).
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