Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Morgan City

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Morgan City, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Actual harm, isolatedF600Aug 7, 2025

  Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to protect a resident's right to be free from verbal and mental abuse by another resident for 1 (Resident #30) of 3 (Resident #15, Resident #30, Resident #33) sampled residents investigated for abuse. This deficient practice resulted in an actual harm on 07/06/2025 at approximately 9:30PM, when Resident #15, a resident with known aggressive behaviors towards staff and other residents, was overheard by her roommate, Resident #30, during a telephone conversation where Resident #15 used racial slurs so loudly that Resident #30 overheard the conversation. On 07/07/2025 at approximately 2:30PM, Resident #30 was observed by staff crying. […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF689Aug 22, 2024

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents were supervised and kept free from thermal burns for 2 (Resident #19 and Resident #49) of 2 (Resident #19 and Resident #49) sampled residents investigated for an accident/hazard related to burns. This deficient practice resulted in actual harm when on 02/04/2024 for Resident #49 and on 02/21/2024 for Resident #19, when Resident #19 and Residnet #49 were left unsupervised and sustained first degree superficial burns from spilled coffee. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF628Jul 29, 2026

  Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman was notified of discharges and/or transfers from the facility for 1 (Resident #16) of 1 sampled resident investigated for discharge and 3 (Resident #53, Resident #85, Resident #98) of 4 sampled residents investigated for Resident Assessment. Findings:Review of Resident #16's Nurse Progress Note dated [DATE] at 8:15AM revealed Resident #16 died in the facility on [DATE]. Review of Resident #53's electronic medical record revealed, in part, Resident #53 was transferred to another facility on [DATE]. Review of Resident #85's Nurse Progress Note dated [DATE] at 11:48AM revealed Resident #85 was discharged from the facility on [DATE]. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Jul 29, 2026

  Based on observations, interviews, record reviews the facility failed to:Ensure the facility's ice machine was maintained in a sanitary manner;Ensure a kitchen garbage receptacle was not near the clean dinnerware; and,Ensure a log, including the sanitization level testing and water temperature monitoring, was maintained for the facility's three compartment sink. Findings:1.Observation on 07/29/2026 at 9:23AM revealed the facility's ice machine in the dining area had an, unknown brown substance about 6 inches long, on the interior flap above the ice, and water was dripping from the interior flap down onto the ice. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF755Aug 7, 2025

  Based on observation, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to:1. Ensure expired medications were not available for resident use (Medication Cart A);2. Ensure the facility's shift verification of controlled substances count sheet was completed every shift (Medication Cart A); and,3. Ensure medications were documented as administered on the electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) when administered (Resident #83).This deficient practice was identified for 1 (Medication Cart A) of 2 (Medication Cart A, Medication Cart B) sampled medication carts observed during medication storage observations and 1 (Resident #83) of 1 (Resident #83) sampled residents investigated for hospice. […]