Cypress Point-Skilled Nursing by Americare

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Cypress Point-Skilled Nursing by Americare, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF689Mar 5, 2025

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide adequate supervision to ensure the safety of one resident (Resident #1), when staff assisted the resident to the toilet and did not check on the resident for approximately nine hours. Staff found the resident lying on the bathroom floor on top of his/her wheelchair cushion with his/her hand completely de-gloved (stripped of the skin), an open fractured wrist (bone broken and protruding through the skin), and a laceration to his/her forehead. The facility census was 60. The Administrator was notified on 03/03/25 at 1:55 P.M. of an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) which began on 02/21/25. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Sep 18, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store and distribute food under sanitary conditions, increasing the risk of cross-contamination and food-borne illness. This deficient practice had the potential to affect all residents. The facility census was 65.Review of the facility's policy titled, Food Storage, dated 2011, showed:- Label all food items held for longer than 24 hours;- The label must include the name of the food and the date by which it should be sold, consumed, or discarded; - Store leftover contents of cans of prepared food in a clean, sanitized container with a proper and secure cover. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF584Sep 18, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide a safe, clean and comfortable homelike environment. This deficient practice had the potential to affect all residents in the facility. The facility census was 65. The facility did not provide a policy for a homelike environment.1. Observations on 09/15/25 at 9:34 A.M., and 2:20 P.M., 09/16/25 at 2:10 P.M., 09/17/25 at 3:24 P.M., and 09/18/25 at 9:02 A.M., of the kitchen's ice machine area showed: - A strip of baseboard trim unattached from the wall on the bottom right side near the ice machine. 2. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF605Sep 18, 2025

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to provide an appropriate diagnosis for the use of an antipsychotic (medication that affect a person's mental state) medication for one resident (Resident #4) and failed to monitor the drug regimen for an unnecessary medication by not ensuring an as needed (PRN) psychotropic (medication that alters the levels of chemicals in the brain that influence mood, behavior, and perception) medication order was limited to 14 days unless a specific duration and clinical rationale was provided for one resident (Resident #8) out of five sampled residents. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF755Sep 18, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to implement procedures to ensure medications were accurately reconciled for one resident (Resident #37) of out of 23 sampled residents. The facility also failed to ensure vials of tuberculin (the solution used to administer the test for tuberculosis (TB - an infectious lung disease)) were dated when opened. The facility census was 65. The facility did not provide a policy regarding the narcotic reconciliation.The facility did not provide a policy regarding dating of medications when opened. 1. […]