Landmark of Plaquemine

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Landmark of Plaquemine, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Aug 12, 2022

  Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to maintain a sanitary environment in the kitchen to prevent the possibility of the contamination of food. This deficient practice had the potential to affect any of the 74 of the 77 residents who consumed meals prepared in the facility kitchen as documented on the facility's physician's orders list of dietary orders. Findings: Observation on [DATE] at 10:19am during the initial tour of the kitchen revealed an approximately 3 foot long by 6 inches high hole observed at bottom of the wall near the dietary manager office with wet blankets lying on the floor surrounding the hole. Further observation revealed small gray/black circles in an irregular pattern of an unknown substance near the ceiling above the hole. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF580Jul 9, 2025

  Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure: 1. A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) notified a nurse of a resident's change in gastrointestinal (parts of the digestive trach) conditions (Resident #56); and, 2. A nurse reported a resident's refusal of supplemental nutrition to the resident's medical provider (Resident #56). This deficient practice was identified for 1 (Resident #56) of 2 (Resident #56, Resident #61) sampled residents reviewed for nutrition. Findings: Review of Resident #56's Care Plan with an effective start date of 08/28/2024 and a next review date of 07/22/2025 revealed, in part, an intervention to administer Resident #56's supplements as ordered. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF804Jul 9, 2025

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure food was served at a palatable temperature as required. This deficient practice had the potential to affect any of the 71 residents who consumed meals from the facility's kitchen. Findings: In an interview on 07/07/25 at 10:45AM, Resident #48 indicated the food served, on the meal tray, in her room was cold and didn't taste good. In an interview on 07/08/2025 at 10:13 AM, Resident #46 indicated the food served, on the meal tray, in his room was cold. In an interview on 07/08/2025 at 10:14AM, Resident #58 indicated the food served, on the meal tray, in her room was cold. Observation on 07/08/2025 at 12:15PM revealed staff members passing meal trays on the hall, from the meal cart that contained Resident #48's meal tray. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Jul 9, 2025

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure meals were prepared in a sanitary manner as required. This deficient practice had to potential to affect any of the 71 residents who received meals from the facility. Findings: 1. Observation on [DATE] at 9:20AM revealed S18Cook in the facility's kitchen with a beard and mustache hair approximately 1/4 inch long and had no beard cover. Observation on [DATE] 11:36AM revealed S18Cook with a beard and mustache hair approximately 1/4 inch long cooking potatoes on the grill and had no beard cover. In an interview [DATE] at 11:45AM, S18Cook indicated he did not wear a face/beard cover because the facility doesn't have them available. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF755Jul 11, 2024

  Based on observation and interviews the facility failed to ensure expired medications were not available for use for 1 (Medication Room a) of 1 (Medication Room a) medication rooms observed during medication storage observations. Findings: Observation on 07/09/2024 at 2:17 p.m. of Medication Room a revealed the following, in part, a bottle of Aspirin 325 milligrams (mg) with an expiration date of 04/2024. Further observation revealed four boxes of Influenza Fluad Quadrivalent (injectable medication use to prevent the flu) with an expiration date of 06/30/2024. In an interview on 07/09/2024 at 2:20 p.m., S3Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) indicated the above mentioned medications should not have been available for resident use. […]