Life Care Center of Bridgeton

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Life Care Center of Bridgeton, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Actual harm, isolatedF684Oct 17, 2023

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, staff failed to follow facility policies and professional nursing standards for one resident with a gastrostomy feeding tube (g-tube, a tube inserted through the abdomen that brings nutrition directly to the stomach), a diagnosis of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), and was noted to have a change in condition. Staff failed to document the resident's change in condition and their assessments of the resident and failed to notify the resident's physician of the change in condition. […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF610Jul 11, 2022

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to thoroughly and timely investigate an allegation of misappropriation and prevent potential further misappropriation in accordance with the facility policy when staff continued to work after the allegation was reported (Resident #4). The census was 69. Review of the facility Protection of Residents: Reducing the Threat of Abuse & Neglect policy, reviewed on 5/16/20 and revised on 8/10/21, showed: Introduction: -To minimize the threat of abuse and/or neglect, nursing homes must incorporate clear cut policies and practices that demonstrate a hardline, zero-tolerance approach to resident abuse. […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF686Jul 11, 2022

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure staff routinely assessed and monitored one resident's pressure ulcer ulcer for 21 days after it was identified on 5/31/22, and first assessed on 6/1/22, as a Stage II (Partial thickness loss of dermis presenting as a shallow open ulcer with a red or pink wound bed, without slough. May also present as an intact or open/ruptured blister.). On 6/22/22, the pressure ulcer was larger, had 95% slough (yellow or white tissue that adheres to the ulcer bed in strings or thick clumps, or is mucinous), and was identified as an unstageable pressure ulcer (slough and/or eschar: Known but not stageable due to coverage of wound bed by slough and/or eschar.) The resident also had two more Stage II pressure ulcers that were… […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF686Jun 16, 2021

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to have a system in place to ensure residents remained free from pressure ulcers and to assess the resident's skin accurately to show the current status of the resident's pressure ulcers, ensure there were treatment orders and interventions implemented for one resident (Resident #276) and also failed to follow the resident's care plan and physician's orders to prevent further breakdown for two sampled residents (Residents #25 and #379) out of 9 reviewed residents. The census was 82. The administrator was notified on 6/30/21 at 2:30 P.M., of the past non-compliance which occurred through 6/19/20. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF801Feb 28, 2025

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to designate a person to serve as the director of food and nutrition services with the appropriate certification, when a consultant Registered Dietician (RD) was not employed full-time with the facility. The census was 86. Review of the facility's certified dietary manager job description, undated, showed: -License and certification: Must have completed an approved Certified Dietary Manager course. Must maintain an active certification. During an interview on [DATE] at 9:53 A.M., the Dietary Director said she has her required qualifications but did not have a physical copy of the documentation. […]