April 2009 Missouri Nursing Home Report Card: Blanchette Place Care Center
Blanchette Place Care Center is a 180 bed nursing home facility located in St. Louis, Missouri. In the past three years, the Heritage Care Center's inspection deficiency record has surpassed the average number of health deficiencies in Missouri every year. Blanchette Place Care Center received eighteen deficiencies in 2008, eleven deficiencies in 2007, and twenty-two deficiencies in 2006. The average number of nursing home deficiencies in Missouri is nine. Currently, Blanchette Place Care Center is rated as a one-star nursing home according to the new system instituted by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, which is indicative of a facility deemed well below-average facility.
While all nursing home residents deserve to be safe from abuse and neglect, Blanchette Place Care Center failed to ensure its residents' safety when it failed to hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating residents and to report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment of residents in 2006.
All nursing home residents deserve professional services that meet a professional standard of quality. This facility failed its residents in this respect multiple times in the past three years. State inspection reports found that Blanchette Place Care Center failed to provide residents the proper treatment to prevent bed sores or to heal existing bed sores at least four times in 2006 and 2008. The State also determined that this facility also failed to ensure that residents unable to care for themselves are provided with assistance with activities of daily living and failed ensure that each resident's nutritional needs are met.
All nursing home residents have the right to be treated fairly and with respect. Blanchette Place Care Center failed its residents when it failed to provide care in such a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and self-respect and provide services to meet resident needs. The facility also failed provide proof that all personal money deposited with the nursing home was secure. This facility also failed to immediately tell the resident's physician or personal representative of a change in condition in 2006.
The need for a balanced diet does not end when one becomes a resident of a long-term care facility. State investigation reports show Blanchette Place Care Center failed its residents when it failed to ensure residents were well-nourished and did not store, cook, and distribute food in a safe, clean way. State reports show that this facility was cited for failing to prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature three times in three years.
A safe, clean, homelike environment is important for nursing home residents to thrive. Blanchette Place Care Center failed to ensure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that could cause accidents at least twice and failed to keep a safe, clean, and homelike environment. The facility also failed to ensure that there was a program in place to prevent or deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
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