2009 Arkansas Nursing Home Report: Lake Village Healthcare Center
Lake Village Healthcare Center is a 102 bed nursing home facility located in Lake Village, Arkansas. Lake Village Healthcare Center's inspection deficiency record has exceeded the average number of health deficiencies in Arkansas two times in the past three years. Lake Village Healthcare Center received fourteen deficiencies in October 2008, ten deficiencies in January 2008, and fifteen deficiencies in April 2007. The average number of nursing home deficiencies in Arkansas is ten. Currently, Lake Village Healthcare Center is rated as a two-star nursing home according to the new system instituted by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, which is indicative of a below-average facility.
While all nursing home residents deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, Lake Village Healthcare Center failed its residents in January 2008 when it failed to write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect, and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property. Lake Village Healthcare Center also failed in January 2008 to keep each resident free from physical restraints unless needed for medical treatment.
All nursing home residents deserve professional services that meet a professional standard of quality and attain the highest possible quality of life for the resident. This facility failed its residents in quality care measures consistently in the past three years, placing facility residents at risk for harm. Lake Village Healthcare Center actually placed its residents in jeopardy in May 2008 when it failed to give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible. This facility also failed to follow resident care plans multiple times between 2006 and 2008. Care plans are the designated treatment plans that are prepared for each individual resident. When a nursing home facility adopts assembly line methods of care for residents, individuals suffer. This facility was found to have a chronic problem in this regard. Similarly, Lake Village Healthcare Center failed in October 2008 to ensure that residents needing special services, such as tracheostomy care, respiratory care, tracheal suctioning, etc., were provided the proper care. State inspections also revealed that Lake Village Healthcare Center failed to provide assistance for residents who cannot care for themselves with eating, drinking, grooming, and hygiene at least twice between in 2006 and 2008.
The facility was also cited for failing to provide the proper treatment to prevent new bed sores or heal existing bed sores in multiple times between 2006 and 2008.
Bed sores are some of the most painful, undignified and potentially dangerous ailments that affect nursing home residents. In May 2008 and October 2008, inspection records also reflect that Lake Village Healthcare Center failed to give or get lab tests to meet the needs of the residents.
Everyone has rights, regardless of their stage in life. Resident rights were violated at Lake Village Healthcare Center in 2007, when the facility failed to keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential.
Medication errors can be fatal to a nursing home resident. Nursing home residents are dependent upon staff to correctly and timely dispense medications. Additionally, nursing homes are required to keep their medication error rate to less than 5%. Lake Village Healthcare Center failed its residents in this area. In March 2006, the facility's medication error rate was 10.17% and January 2008, the facility's medication error rate was 7.27%. In March 2006, this facility failed to ensure that residents taking medication are not given too many doses or for too long, failed to watch the use of drugs carefully, or stop or change drugs causing unwanted effects.
A safe, clean, homelike environment is important for nursing home residents to thrive. Lake Village Healthcare Center failed to ensure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that could cause accidents in multiple times between 2006 and 2008. The facility was cited in 2007 and again in 2008 for failing to have a program to prevent infection.
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