Life Care Center of Morristown

In the surveyor’s words

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

• Actual harm, isolatedF600May 2, 2022

  Based on review of facility policy, medical record review, review of a facility investigation, and interviews, the facility failed to prevent a resident-to-resident altercation for 1 resident (Resident #1) of 5 residents reviewed for abuse. Resident #1 was pushed by another resident, fell , and sustained a [CONDITION(S)] (Harm). The findings included: Review of the facility policy Incident and Reportable Event Management dated 7/19/2021 revealed .Ensure that all alleged violations involving abuse, neglect, exploitation, or mistreatment, including injuries of unknown source and misappropriation of resident property, are reported immediately, but not later than 2 hours after the allegation is made, if the events that cause the allegation involve abuse or result in serious bodily injury .Fall… […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF609May 2, 2022

  Based on review of facility policy, medical record review, review of a facility investigation, and interviews, the facility failed to report a resident-to-resident altercation as an allegation of abuse to the State Survey Agency. The facility's failure to report the altercation as an allegation of abuse resulted in actual harm to 1 resident (Resident #1) of 5 residents reviewed for abuse, when Resident #1 was pushed by another resident, fell , and sustained a [CONDITION(S)]. The findings included: Review of the facility policy Incident and Reportable Event Management dated 7/19/2021 revealed .Ensure that all alleged violations involving abuse, neglect, exploitation, or mistreatment, including injuries of unknown source and misappropriation of resident property, are reported immediately,… […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF641Aug 27, 2025

  Based on review of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Version 3.0 Manual, facility policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to accurately complete a Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment for 2 Residents (Resident #36 and #7) of 19 residents reviewed.The findings include:Review of the RAI Version 3.0 Manual dated 10/2024, revealed instructions, .Weight Loss .Code 2, yes, not on physician-prescribed weight-loss regimen: if the resident has experienced a weight loss of 5% or more in the past 30 days or 10% or more in the last 180 days, and the weight loss was not planned and prescribed by a physician .Weight Gain .Code 2, yes, not on physician-prescribed weight-gain regimen: if the resident has experienced a weight gain… […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF880Aug 27, 2025

  Based on review of facility, review of the medical record, observation, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure hand hygiene was performed during medication administration for 1 resident (Resident #19) of 3 residents observed for medication administration.The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Hand Hygiene, dated 7/7/2025, revealed .Associates perform hand hygiene .Before and after contact with the resident .After contact with objects and surfaces in the resident's environment . Review of the medical record revealed Resident #69 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Hypertension. Resident #69 was not on transmission bases precautions. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF755Dec 17, 2024

  Based on facility policy review, medical record review, facility reported incident review, interviews, employee record review, and facility plan of correction review, revealed the facility failed to ensure controlled medications were accurately reconconciled for 1 (Resident #1) of 6 residents reviewed for controlled and scheduled medications. The findings include: Review of the pharmacy policy titled Storage and Expiration Dating of Medication, Biological, dated [DATE] revealed .Facility should ensure .controlled substances are only accessible to licensed nursing, Pharmacy, and medical personnel designated by the facility .Controlled Substances stored in the refrigerator must be in a separate container and double locked . […]