Briarcrest Nursing Center

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Briarcrest Nursing Center, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, widespreadF921Dec 22, 2021

  Based on observation, interview and record review, facility failed to provide safe, functional, sanitary, and comfortable environment for 122 of 122 residents, staff, and visitors, by not maintaining the facility's roof, resulting in multiple water leakage from the ceiling in the dining room (also used for activities) and nurses' station. This deficient practice can potentially cause, structural damage including ceiling collapse, electrical outage, electrocution, and damage of medical records. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, widespreadF689Dec 6, 2021

  Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to; 1. Ensure two of three sampled smoking residents (Resident 2 and Resident 3) were supervised for safety while smoking cigarettes on the patio and sharing a cigarette lighter. 2. Ensure Residents 2, 3 and 4, who smoked cigarettes, were assessed, evaluated and care planned for smoking privileges based on ability to smoke safely, physically, and cognitively in accordance with the facility's policy and procedure on 'Smoking Policy-Residents'. These deficient practices placed residents and staff in the facility at risk for possible fire and associated injury. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF584Jun 25, 2024

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to: 1. Maintain residents' room temperatures in a range of 71 to 81 degrees (unit of measurement) Fahrenheit (F, a scale of temperature) for 9 out of 9 resident rooms (Rooms 106, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, and 136). 2. Implement the facility's contingency plan (involves making various decisions as an organization before an emergency happens) when the air conditioning (A/C) unit became inoperable on 6/22/2024 affecting 9 out of 9 resident rooms (Rooms 106, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, and 136). 3. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF880Dec 22, 2021

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to implement acceptable infection control practices to prevent the spread and transmission of communicable diseases and for the prevention of coronavirus (COVID-19) and [CONDITION(S)] ([C-diff] Inflammation of the colon caused by the bacteria [CONDITION(S)]. The facility failed to: 1. Ensure Resident 170's family member (FM) was educated and made aware of the facility's infection control practices for contact isolation due to [CONDITION(S)] with active diarrhea. FM was observed to do the following: a. FM was observed not wearing gloves while feeding Resident 170. b. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF689Mar 1, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure the safety of one of eight sampled residents (Resident 1) at risk for wandering by failing to: 1. Ensure the front and back exit doors were monitored, after the front lobby exit door alarm was activated by Resident 1 on 2/24/2025 at 7:43 p.m. 2. Closely monitor Resident 1's whereabouts in the facility after he attempted to leave from the front exit door on 2/24/2025 at 7:43 p.m. 3. Educate Resident 1 on the risk of leaving the facility after his first elopement (the act of leaving a facility unsupervised and without prior authorization) attempt on 2/24/2025 at 7:43 p.m. 4. Ensure the facility's back exit door alarm was activated on 2/24/2025. […]