Pennsylvania Nursing Home Fined By State Health Department
Twenty-one patient care and building deficiencies were uncovered in recent inspections at the Village at Luther Square in Pennsylvania. The State Health Department's Division of Nursing Care Facilities also inspected the facility in July and the facility is currently being reviewed for possible sanctions. Recent deficiencies included failure to develop a patient healthcare program, failure to label multidose medications, failure to store records in a secure area, electrical wiring that did not meet safety code specifications, and uninspected fire extinguishers. In the recent inspection, the State uncovered a situation where a resident went eight days without a bowel movement, caused in part by the facility's failure to administer prescribed laxatives. The facility failed to inform the resident's physician of a bowel obstruction.
Purportedly, this facility is not new to problems meeting health code and nursing home regulations. In fact, it has been cited for 107 deficiencies over the past 30 months - 25 more than any other facility in that county and 79 more than the statewide average for other nursing facilities its size.
