Picayune Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Picayune Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF600Feb 5, 2026

  Based on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to provide necessary care and services to protect residents from neglect when staff failed to ensure safe transfers for a resident who required a mechanical lift, failed to ensure a licensed nurse timely assessed the resident following a fall, failed to initiate timely neurological monitoring, and failed to timely notify the physician of the fall and subsequent head injury for one (1) of six (6) residents reviewed for falls. Resident #1. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF600Mar 13, 2025

  Based on interviews, record review, job description review and facility policy review, the facility failed to protect the residents' right to be free from verbal abuse from a staff member for one (1) of 21 sampled residents. (Resident #17) Resident #17 was verbally abused and threatened on 2/8/25 when Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) #1 used profanity in an argument and aimed a spray bottle of chemical cleaner toward him. The facility's failure to protect Resident #17 resulted in his reporting he felt nervous and afraid. Additionally, the facility's failure to immediately remove CNA #1 from the facility placed this resident and other residents at risk for similar abuse. The situation was determined to be Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) and Substandard Quality of Care (SQC). […]

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF609Mar 13, 2025

  Based on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to report an allegation of abuse within the required two (2) hour timeframe for one (1) of 21 sampled residents. Resident #17. Resident #17 was verbally abused and threatened on 2/8/25 when Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) #1 used profanity in an argument and aimed a spray bottle of chemical cleaner toward him. This was witnessed by Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #1. This occurred on 02/08/25, however, the facility did not report it to the State Agency (SA) until 02/12/25, delaying the facility's ability to protect the resident from further mistreatment. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jul 9, 2026

  Based on observation, staff interviews, and record review the facility failed to maintain sanitary conditions in the dietary department by failing to ensure dishes washed in a low-temperature dishwasher were sanitized with the required chlorine concentration prior to reuse and by failing to wash and sanitize used beverage pitchers before returning them to refrigerated storage for two (2) of three (3) days of kitchen observations.Findings include:On 07/07/2026 at 10:40 AM, during an observation and interview with Dietary Aide (DA) #1, observed DA #1 was operating the low-temperature dishwasher. DA #1 used a chlorine test strip to verify the sanitizer concentration. The test strip remained white, indicating no detectable chlorine sanitizer. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF880Jul 9, 2026

  Based on observations, interviews, record reviews, and facility policy review, the facility failed to implement appropriate Contact Precautions in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines by failing to provide designated disposal containers for contaminated personal protective equipment (PPE), contaminated linens, and other contaminated materials in resident rooms, resulting in contaminated PPE, linens, and other contaminated materials being discarded with routine waste and laundry for two (2) of five (5) residents reviewed for infection prevention and control (Residents #4 and #110).Findings include:A record review of the facility's policy titled, Infection Prevention and Control Program with review date 3/03/2026 revealed . […]