Colonial Acres of Humboldt

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Colonial Acres of Humboldt, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Mar 12, 2026

  Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.11(E) Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure that expired foods were discarded and open packages of dry food were dated with month, date, and year. This had the potential to affect all residents.Findings are: An observation on 3/9/26 at 8:50 AM of the storage room revealed that:Best used by date of 2/17/26 for 4 cans of Condensed milk Best used by date of 3/8/26 of a bag of opened SplendaBest used by date of 2/28/26 of 2 plastic containers of Poppy seeds A bag of 4 regular graham cracker pie crust with a date of 3/27, with no year markedA plastic container of cake sprinkles, with the top of the cap dated 6/24 or 6/04 with no year marked2 Bags of vanilla pudding opened marked 10/16 date and no year markedA 4 lb (pound) bag… […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF880Mar 12, 2026

  Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.19(c)Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure clean linens were delivered in a covered cart to prevent potential cross contamination. This had the potential to affect all 30 residents who resided at the facility. Findings are: An observation on 3/9/26 at 3:00 PM of the laundry staff passing clean linens on a cart down the 200 hallway, with no cover over the clean linens.An observation on 3/10/26 at 1:30 PM of the laundry staff passing clean linens on a cart down the 300 hallway with no cover over the clean linens. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF887Mar 12, 2026

  Based on record reviews and interviews the facility failed to maintain staff documentation of offering the COVID-19 vaccine, education on the COVID-19 vaccine, and current vaccine status for 5 of the 5 sampled employees. This had the potential to affect all residents and staff who live and work at the facility. Findings are: Record review of Medication Aide (MA) D's employee file revealed no record of the facility offering the COVID 19 vaccine, education on the COVID 19 vaccine or a record of the employee's current vaccine status. Record review of Medication Aide (MA) C's employee file revealed no record of the facility offering the COVID 19 vaccine, education on the COVID 19 vaccine or a record of the employee's current vaccine status. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF947Mar 12, 2026

  Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.04(B)(ii)(1)Based on record reviews and interviews, the facility failed to ensure the required 12 hours of annual ongoing training was provided for nurse aides. This had the potential to affect all residents. The facility census was 30. Findings are:A record review of Medication Aide (MA) B's employee file revealed a Monthly Education Calendar 2025 with a box for each month that contained the topic of education, a first name, and a space for initials. MA B's calendar had initials in the boxes for January, March, April, May, July, September, October, November, and December. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF628Mar 12, 2026

  Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.09(G)(i) Based on record reviews and interviews, the facility failed to provide a notice of transfer to the hospital and a bed hold policy to the resident and the resident's representative. The facility failed to notify the Ombudsman (a state official who works with nursing home and assisted living residents who helps answer resident concerns and complaints and advocates for resident rights and their wellbeing) of the transfer for 3 of 3 sampled residents (Resident 3, Resident 5, and Resident 30). The facility failed to ensure a discharge summary including a recapitulation (summary) of stay was completed for Resident 31 upon death. […]