Ignite Medical Resort Blue Springs

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Ignite Medical Resort Blue Springs, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF689Apr 24, 2025

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a safe environment for one sampled resident ( Resident #3) when on 3/8/25 he/she was found on the floor outside of his/her bathroom with his/her bathroom track door. The facility census was 89 residents. 1. Review of Resident #3's admission Record showed he/she admitted to the facility on [DATE] with the following diagnoses: -Unspecified Dementia (a progressive organic mental disorder characterized by chronic personality disintegration, confusion, disorientation, stupor, deterioration of intellectual capacity and function, and impairment of control of memory, judgement, and impulses). -Generalized Muscle Weakness. -Other Abnormalities of Gait and Mobility. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF584Oct 10, 2024

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to maintain resident rooms 118, 113, 111, 107, 103, 127, 131, 130, 138, 142, 147, 157, 161, 160, 165, 166, 170, 173, and 176 free from cobwebs (a web spun by certain spiders, often found in the corners of disused rooms) and a buildup of dust behind the beds and in the corners next to the cabinets. This practice potentially affected at least 23 residents. The facility census was 87 residents. Review of the facility's undated policy titled Room Cleaning process showed: -Section 3: Damp wipe. --Wipe everything you can reach. --Start with the door and work around the room in a circular pattern. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Oct 10, 2024

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure appropriate precautions and correct hand hygiene was completed during colostomy (a surgical operation in which a piece of the colon is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall so as to bypass a damaged part of the colon) care of one sampled resident (Resident #7); failed to ensure enhanced barrier precautions (a set of infection control measures that use personal protective equipment (PPE-protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection) to reduce the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in nursing homes) were used when providing care for one sampled resident (Resident #182); and failed to ensure one sampled… […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF607Dec 13, 2022

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure checks through the Employee Disqualification List (EDL - a listing, maintained by the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), of individuals deemed to have abused or neglected residents, patients, or clients or falsified documentation of services to in-home clients), Criminal Background Checks (CBCs), and/or Federal Indicators (FI) through the Nurse Aide (NA) Registry were completed prior to hire in accordance with State requirements and facility policy to ensure potential employees did not have a history of abuse or neglect or a disqualifying crime against persons for eight out of ten sampled employees. This deficient practice had the potential to affect all residents in the facility. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Dec 13, 2022

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to properly store food in the refrigerated walk-in unit and to practice sanitary procedures before food preparation tasks. These practices potentially affect an unknown number of residents who received their meals from the facility's kitchen. The facility census was 89 residents. 1. Observations on 12/8/22 between 5:05 A.M. and 8:20 A.M., in the kitchen, showed: -In the refrigerated, walk-in cooling unit, there was no portable thermometer inside to display the temperature of how cool/warm the unit and the stored foods were being maintained or becoming. -The floors near and behind the convection oven and the deep fryer had visible piles of grease on them. […]