Westward Trails Nursing And Rehabilitation
WESTWARD TRAILS NURSING AND REHABILITATION in NACOGDOCHES, TX — inspection on November 20, 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
would be responsible for ensuring temperatures were checked appropriately.
During an interview on 11/4/25 at 2:23 p.m., DM said if food was not cooked to appropriate temperatures, they could make residents sick, or they may have to go to the hospital. He said he would be in-servicing the staff and would have them show the temperature logs before leaving for the day. He said he expected his cooks to check the foods to ensure they were cooked to the appropriate temperatures before serving. He said they had been short staffed recently, but that was no excuse for not checking the temperatures of the foods. He said all residents in the facility, except for two residents who were tube fed, ate from the facility kitchen.
Record review of a facility policy titled Daily Food Temperature Control, dated 2012, read, .We will assure that food is served at a safe temperature.
Temperatures of all hot and cold food shall be taken prior to every meal service and recorded on the Temperature Log.
This is done to help ensure that food is safe and is served within acceptable ranges. and .Temperatures are recorded on the Temperature Log or Production sheet form.
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