Camellia Gardens of Life Care

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Camellia Gardens of Life Care, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF584May 2, 2025

  Based on observations and interview, the facility failed to provide housekeeping and/or maintenance services to maintain a clean and orderly environment on four of six nursing units/floors including resident rooms (Resident Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 43) and failed to ensure the cleanliness of the carpet. Findings include: During an environmental tour of the facility on 4/29/2025, starting at approximately 10:50 am, the following was observed: In Resident room [ROOM NUMBER], there were paint chips on the wall of the bathroom which exposed the drywall. In Resident room [ROOM NUMBER], scuff marks were on the floor, and paint chips which exposed the dry wall were in the bathroom. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF697May 2, 2025

  Based on interview, record review, and review of the facility's policies titled Administration of Medications and Pain Assessment and Management, the facility failed to provide nursing services consistent with professional standards of practice by failing to follow physician orders for pain management for two of three sampled Residents (R) (R51 and R5) reviewed for pain. Findings include: A review of facility's policy titled Administration of Medications last reviewed on 9/16/2024, revealed Policy; the facility will ensure medications are administered safely and appropriately per physician order to address residents' diagnoses and signs and symptoms. Procedure; 2. Staff who are responsible for medication administration will adhere to the 10 Rights of Medication Administration. g. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF759May 2, 2025

  Based on observations, interviews, record reviews, and review of facility's policies titled Administration of Medications, Nasal spray instillation, Metered-dose inhaler use, and Eyedrop administration, the facility failed to provide medications accurately and as ordered for two of four Residents (R) (R28 and R29) observed during medication pass. The medication pass included 45 opportunities with five errors which resulted in an error rate of 11.11 percent (%). Findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Administration of Medications dated 9/16/2024 revealed, Procedure . 2. Staff who are responsible for medication administration will adhere to the 10 Rights of Medication Administration a. Right Drug . b. Right Resident . c. Right Dose . d. Right Route . e. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF584Mar 16, 2023

  Based on observations, staff interview, and review of form titled, Maintenance Director Job Description Primary the facility failed to maintain a clean, sanitary, homelike environment that included but not limited to, build-up of dust on the vent covers in bathrooms, scuffed up walls, walls needing painting repairs, plastic wall trim/molding behind toilet had fell off, chipped and missing paint, loose baseboards, a stained privacy curtain, stained ceiling tiles, sagging ceiling tiles, floor tiles in disrepair, and cracked caulking around one bathroom sink. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Mar 16, 2023

  Based on observation, interview and review of facility policy titled Eyedrop Administration, Use of Linen cart, and Laundry Services-General Policy, the facility failed to ensure nursing staff performed hand hygiene while administering medications to one of four sampled residents observed for medication administration (R#58) and failed to maintain infection control during storage of clean laundered Hoyer lift pads. The facility had 10 resident who used a mechanical lift for transfers. […]