Focused Care at Huntsville

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Focused Care at Huntsville, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Jul 15, 2026

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to establish and maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections for 3 of 6 staff (CNA C, MA D, and RN A) reviewed for infection control.1.The facility failed to ensure CNA C followed infection control measures during dining service on 7/13/2026.2. The facility failed to ensure MA D followed infection control measures during medication administration on 7/14/2026.3. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF689May 7, 2025

  46436 Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure each resident received adequate supervision and assistance devices to prevent accidents, for 3 of 8 residents (Resident #3, #10, and #40) reviewed for accidents and supervision. 1. The facility failed to ensure CNA A and CNA B used a gait belt to transfer Resident #3 from the wheelchair to bed on 05/05/2025. 2. The facility failed to develop and implement a policy and procedure to properly handle the care of mechanical lift slings including interventions to inspect the mechanical lift sling for signs of damage before each use and remove damaged slings from service for Residents #10 and #40. These deficient practices could place residents at risk of falls and injuries during transfers. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812May 7, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety in 1 of 1 kitchen reviewed for kitchen sanitation. 1. The facility failed to store and label foods in accordance with professional standards. 2. The facility failed to ensure staff wore hair coverings appropriately while preparing and serving food. These failures could place residents who ate the food from the kitchen at risk for food-borne illness and/or transmission-based infections. Findings include: During an observation on 5/5/25 between 10:00 am and 10:30 am a ziplock bag was observed in the kitchen refrigerator with 4 boiled eggs that was not labeled or dated. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Apr 17, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews the facility failed to establish and maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections for 1 of 6 residents (Resident #15) and 2 of 5 staff (CNA E and CNA G) reviewed for infection control. CNA E did not change gloves, sanitize/wash hands between glove changes, and touched clean items with dirty gloves when providing incontinent care on 4/15/2024. CNA G failed to properly bag soiled linens and towels after giving Resident #15 a bed bath on 4/17/2024. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Sep 26, 2022

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food under sanitary conditions in the facility's only kitchen. The facility failed to ensure a bag of red potatoes was stored off the floor. The facility did not label or date frozen chicken strips, peanut butter cookies, lasagna and cheese pizza that were not in their original packaging. The facility did not remove an expired jar of mayonnaise from the refrigerator dated [DATE]. These failures could place residents at risk for food-borne illnesses. Findings included: During an observation on [DATE] from 1:45 PM-1:50 PM in the kitchen, the dry storage area revealed a large bag of red potatoes that was sitting on the floor, opened. […]