Ridgewood Rehabilitation & Care Center

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Ridgewood Rehabilitation & Care Center, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF947Jan 22, 2025

  Licensure reference number 175 NAC 12.006.04(B)(ii)(1) Based on record reviews and interviews the facility failed to ensure staff had the required 12 hours of in-service training for 2 nursing assistants (2 out of 5 sampled) staff. This had the potential to affect all residents in the facility. The facility census was 57. Findings are: Record review of NA-D's Relias (a company that provides healthcare training/education) training hours revealed 8.59 hours of education for the last year (2024). Record review of NA-E's Relias training hours revealed 11.05 hours of education for the last year (2024). Record review of employee names with their hire date revealed NA-D's hire date was 7/11/13 and NA-E's hire date was 12/17/22. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Feb 13, 2024

  Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12.006.11E Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure items stored in the facility's refrigerators and freezers were labeled and dated, ensure kitchen staff performed handwashing for at least 20 seconds, ensure floors in the dry storage and walk-in refrigerator and freezer were clean, and failed to test the sanitizing solution in the sanitizing bucket to prevent potential foodborne illness. This had the potential to affect 59 of the facility's 60 residents that consumed food from the kitchen. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Aug 31, 2021

  LICENSURE REFERENCE NUMBER 175 NAC 12-006.11E Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to serve meals in a manner that prevents potential food borne illness related to bare hand food contact and bare hand contact with the eating surface of plates and utensils. The facility also failed to maintain the cleanliness of cabinet surfaces and dry storage containers. This had the potential to affect all residents that ate food prepared in the facility kitchen and ate in the 100 hall dining area. The facility identified a census of 71. FINDINGS ARE: A. An observation on 08/25/21 at 12:13 PM during the dining service revealed NA-K (nurse aide) to pick up a sandwich with ungloved hands and hand the sandwich to Resident 64. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Jan 22, 2025

  Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.11(E) Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure the microwave, refrigerator, and freezer in the Life Enrichment (activities) kitchen were clean. The facility census was 57. Findings are: A record review of the facility's kitchens Deep Cleaning schedule revealed the microwave and refrigerator/freezer should have been cleaned daily. A record review of the facility's requested last 2 months of the Life Enrichment kitchen's Weekly Cleaning logs dated 11/21/2024 - 01/21/2025 did not reveal they had been completed. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Feb 13, 2024

  Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12.006.17B Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure the oxygen concentrator's (a machine used to deliver purified oxygen) cabinet filters were present and clean for 4 residents (Residents 2, 4, 31, and 60) of 5 sampled residents, ensure 2 residents (Residents 2 and 60) of 2 sampled resident's positive airway pressure device (PAP) masks were cleaned daily, and ensure 1 resident (Resident 20) of 2 sampled resident's PAP filter was clean. The total facility census was 60. Findings are: A. A record review of the undated Platinum Series XL, 5, 10 Operators Manual revealed there were cabinet filters on both sides of the unit that should have been removed and cleaned at least once a week. […]