Balch Springs Nursing Home
Balch Springs Nursing Home in Balch Springs, TX — inspection on March 30, 2026.
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
in-service education about Comprehensive Care Plans, Care Plan Revision, Measurable Objectives and
jeopardy to resident health or the[POC] System, and Documentation of Care Plan Review.
The RN's and LVN's summarized the safety topic of discussion which included policy, procedure, and the facility/leadership expectations. CNA's were able to explain and demonstrate where to find Care Plan information in the POC System.
identified as requiring Pressure Devices, were observed and interviewed between 03/27/26 at 11:34 AM to 03/30/26 at 12:25 PM.
Residents were observed to be either in possession of or actively using all ordered pressure device equipment.
Residents reported that staff generally were on time with repositioning and that they had attended Care Plan meetings and had no other complaints of their present care or treatment at the facility. An observation and interview with CNA L on 3/27/2026 CNA L was observed using the POC system, she stated that she could look up the Kardex (Care Plan) for any resident in the facility.
She was able to demonstrate looking up three different residents without issues. In an interview on 03/30/2026 at 12:33 PM MDS Coordinator/LVN H revealed that that there had been a communication issue regarding Resident #1's Care Plan, she stated that after the training there are many more redundancies to make sure that all information for each resident is given to her to be able to correctly and timely update the Care plans for each resident.
Record review of In-Service trainings Titled Comprehensive Care Plans found that 48 of 50 Nursing staff had been trained.
Two other staff members were reported to have been out of the country at the time of the trainings.
The ADM was informed the Immediate Jeopardy was removed on 03/27/2026 at 2:40 PM.
The facility remained out of compliance at a scope of Isolated and severity level of No Actual Harm with a potential for more than minimal harm due to the facility's need to complete in-service training and evaluate the effectiveness of the corrective systems.
675057 03/30/2026
Balch Springs Nursing Home 4200 Shepherd LN Balch Springs, TX 75180
harm due to the facility's need to complete in-service training and evaluate the effectiveness of the
jeopardy to resident health or safety
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