Hattiesburg Health & Rehab Center

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Hattiesburg Health & Rehab Center, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF600Jan 5, 2024

  Based on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to protect a resident (Resident #1) from sexual abuse by another resident (Resident #2) for one (1) of four (4) sampled residents. Resident #1 The facility's failure to provide adequate supervision and monitoring allowed Resident #2 to be in his room with his pants unzipped and penis exposed with Resident #1, who was a cognitively impaired and vulnerable person, in his bed with her clothing pulled down exposing her genital area. This placed Resident #1 and other vulnerable residents in a situation likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment, or death. The situation was determined to be an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) that began on 12/21/23 when Resident #2 exhibited inappropriate sexual behaviors. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF584Dec 11, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure residents' rights to a comfortable living environment by not ensuring comfortable room and water temperatures for residents across three (3) of four (4) halls in the facility, Halls A, B, and C.Findings include:A review of the facility's policy, Quality of Life - Homelike Environment, revised 5/2017, revealed, .Residents are to be provided with a.comfortable and homelike environment.Policy Interpretation and Implementation.2. The facility staff and management shall maximize, to the extent possible, the characteristics of the facility that reflect a personalized, homelike setting. These characteristics include.h. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF628Dec 11, 2025

  Based on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to provide complete and timely written transfer notices for six (6) of six (6) residents reviewed for hospitalizations (Residents #1, #9, #10, #12, #14, and #15). The facility did not include a clear, resident-specific reason for why each resident was sent to the hospital. Written notices were provided late for five (5) residents (Residents #1, #10, #12, and #15), and the Responsible Representative for one (1) resident (Resident #14) did not receive a written notification of the transfer at all.Findings include: A review of the facility's policy, Transfer or Discharge Notice revised November 2023, revealed, .Policy Interpretation and Implementation.4. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF645Dec 11, 2025

  Based on staff interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure that a resident's diagnosis of a major mental illness was accurately identified on the Pre-admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) at the time of admission for one (1) of twenty-nine (29) sampled residents, Resident #11.Findings include:A review of the facility's policy admission Criteria revised December 2016, revealed . Our facility will admit only those residents whose medical and nursing care needs can be met. Policy Interpretation and Implementation 1. The objectives of our admission criteria policy are to: . e. assure that the facility receives appropriate medical . records . 8. Nursing and medical needs of individuals with mental disorders . […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF640Sep 26, 2024

  Based on record review, staff interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to transmit MDS assessments within 14 days of completion for (10) of (52) sampled residents. (Resident #3, Resident #48, Resident #52, Resident #54, Resident #81, Resident #96, Resident #98, Resident #102, Resident #116, and Resident # 134). Findings include: Review of the facility's policy, Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessment, revised 9/2019, revealed, .The facility follows Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) manual from Centers of Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) for all Residents .Assessment Timing (will follow the RAI manual guidelines) . Record review of the Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument 3.0 User's Manual dated October 2019 revealed . Transmitting Data: . […]