Living Community of St Joseph

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Living Community of St Joseph, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF684Jun 2, 2021

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed assess, treat, and reassess a resident (Resident #1) for complaints of pain after he/she fell from his/her mechanical lift chair on 4/29/21. The facility failed to seek treatment for [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . The facility census was 77. The Administrator was notified on 5/19/2021 at 4:33 P.M. of an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) which began on 4/29/2021. The IJ was removed on 5/20/21, as confirmed by surveyor onsite verification. Review of facility policy: Integrated Fall Management, dated 8/24/2017 showed: -When a resident falls the licensed nurse is notified. The nurse completes assessment of the resident's condition, completion of vital signs and a body assessment. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF689Jun 2, 2021

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the residents environment remains as free of accident hazards as is possible when the facility failed to assess residents for the ability to safely use a mechanical lift chair (MLC, a recliner that has a mechanical lifting mechanism with the lift mechanism used to push the entire chair up from the base, and forward, so as to assist the person sitting on it into a standing position by the use of a controller). This affected one resident (Resident #1), who used the chair's remote control and set the chair to standing position and the resident could not stand and fell . The facility census was 73. The Administrator was notified on 05/19/2021 at 4:33 P.M. of an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) which began on 4/29/2021. […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF689Apr 23, 2025

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed ensure one of 6 sampled residents (Resident #1) received adequate assistance and supervision to prevent accidents when the facility staff transferred the resident to a standing position without a gait belt. The resident ambulated to the restroom, notified staff that he/she felt dizzy, the staff member left the resident alone to go obtain a gait belt and the reisdent fell. The resident fractured his/her left hip and required surgery. The facility census was 77. […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF684Mar 10, 2021

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure one sampled resident (Resident #1) received treatment and care in accordance with professional standards of practice when the facility failed to recognize and treat constipation before a fecal impaction (a large, hard mass of stool that gets stuck in the colon or rectum that it cannot be pushed out) occurred, which resulted in the resident being admitted to the hospital. The facility census was 79. 1. Review of Resident #1's medical record showed he/she was admitted to the facility on [DATE], with a diagnosis [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF761Apr 9, 2026

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that medications used in the facility were labeled in accordance with professional standards, including expiration dates for seven sampled residents (Residents #10, #41, #46, #50, #79, #97, #102); when the facility had an open expired insulin pen (Resident #10); when the facility had an opened multi-use medicated nasal spray and eye drops with no open dates (Resident #79 & Resident #97); when the facility had an uncapped, pre-primed insulin needle and pen with dried blood on it (Resident #41); also when the facility had an opened large, floor stock powdered fiber medication with no open date, as well as two expired floor stock oral medications (Aspirin and guaifenesin); when the facility had four vials of… […]