Huntsville Health Care Center

In the surveyor’s words

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

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF689Oct 30, 2025

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure each resident received adequate supervision and assistance to prevent accidents for 1 of 5 residents reviewed for accidents and supervision. (Resident #1)The facility failed to provide adequate supervision for Resident #1 who was assessed for 2 staff members for care. CNA A did not have another staff member to provided care to Resident #1, left Resident #1 to obtain more supplies for care, and the resident rolled off of the bed. Resident #1 sustained a fracture of the left thigh bone near the knee. An IJ was identified on 10/29/25. The Administrator was notified and the IJ template was provided to the facility on [DATE] at 04:40 p.m. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF689Aug 26, 2022

  Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure adequate supervision was provided to prevent accidents for 1 of 4 residents reviewed for accidents and supervision. (Resident #1) The facility failed to notify medical transportation about a cancelled appointment for Resident #1. The resident was taken to the cancelled appointment on 8/10/2022. After being dropped off by medical transportation, she left the appointment and was lost for approximately 28 hours and later found by police on 8/11/2022 at approximately 2:30 PM in a wooded area behind an empty lot lying on the ground on her back. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812May 22, 2024

  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 the facility's only kitchen reviewed for food safety requirements and kitchen sanitation. 1. The facility failed to ensure the DA effectively wore a hair net to cover all his hair on 5/20/2024 and the Dietary Manager effectively wore a hair net to cover all her hair on 5/20/2024 and 5/21/2024. 2. The facility failed to ensure foods stored in the refrigerators, freezers and dry pantry were labeled, dated, and not kept past their expiration dates. 3. The facility failed to ensure containers of oil and sugar were sealed properly. 4. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF804Aug 6, 2026

  Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to ensure each resident and the facility provided food prepared by methods that conserve nutritive value, flavor, and appearance, and failed to ensure food and drink was palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature in the facility's only kitchen reviewed for dietary services. The facility failed to ensure water was not added as an additive when preparing pureed food. This failure could place resident's at risk of not receiving the nutritive value and flavor in foods, which could make them less appealing and lead to weight loss.Observation on 08/04/26 at 11:53 AM revealed CK H put water in the puree country fried pork. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF656Oct 30, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to develop and implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan for each resident that includes measurable objectives and timeframes to meet a resident's medical, nursing, and mental and psychosocial needs and describes the services that are to be furnished to attain or maintain the resident's highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being for 3 of 10 residents (Resident #1, Resident #2, and Resident #3) reviewed for care plans.The facility failed to ensure that Resident #1's, #2's and #3's care plans were initiated and included appropriate interventions for ADL Care.This failure could place residents who required assistance with care at risk of serious harm and injury. Findings included:1. […]