St. Helena Parish Nursing Home

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, widespreadF835Feb 29, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to be administered in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident residing in the facility. The facility failed to ensure: 1. Residents received adequate supervision for 1 (#18) of 3 (#18, #23, and #46) residents care planned for hourly rounding to prevent falls; 2. A functional call light system was in place for 1 (#18) of 23 resident's reviewed in the initial pool. This deficient practice resulted in an immediate jeopardy situation for Resident #18, on 02/27/2024 at 12:00 a.m. when staff failed to perform hourly rounding on Resident #18. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, widespreadF919Feb 29, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to maintain an adequately equipped call system by failing to ensure: 1. CNA staff had sufficient functioning devices to respond to resident call lights for 1 (#18) of 23 resident's reviewed in the initial pool for call lights. 2. A staff member was assigned to monitor the scroll board for unanswered call lights from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. This deficient practice had the potential to affect any of the 54 residents residing in the facility who utilized the call light system. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF689Feb 29, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents received adequate supervision by failing to ensure 1 (#18) of 3 (#18, #23, and #46) residents care planned for hourly rounding received adequate supervision to prevent falls. This deficient practice resulted in an immediate jeopardy situation for Resident #18, on 02/27/2024 at 12:00 a.m. when staff failed to perform hourly rounding on Resident #18. The facility's video footage revealed no staff entered Resident #18's room from 12:00 a.m. until 3:17 a.m. then did not enter again until 4:24 a.m. Resident #18 was found on the floor of her room by staff on 02/27/2024 at 4:24 a.m. after Resident #18's roommate verbally called out for staff to come help Resident #18. […]

• Immediate jeopardy, isolatedF600Aug 28, 2025

  Based on interviews, observations, and record reviews, the facility failed to protect the residents' right to be free from sexual abuse, psychosocial abuse, and neglect for 1 (#1) of 6 (#1, #2, #3, #R4, #R5, and #R6) sampled residents reviewed for abuse. The facility failed to protect Resident #1 from being sexually and psychosocially abused by Resident #2. This deficient practice resulted in an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) situation on 08/01/2025 at 7:59 p.m., when Resident #2, a cognitively intact resident with a history of sexually inappropriate behaviors and a convicted sex offender, put his hand between Resident #1's upper thighs and touched her vaginal area. Resident #1 had a BIMS of 2, which indicated she was severely cognitively impaired. From 7:59 p.m. to 8:43 p.m. […]

• Actual harm, patternF600May 1, 2025

  Based on observation, record reviews and interviews, the facility failed to ensure each resident had the right to be free from physical abuse for 2 (#1 and #2) of 4 (#1, #2, #3, and #R1) residents reviewed for abuse. The facility failed to ensure: 1. Resident #1 was free from physical abuse by S5CNA, and 2. Resident #2 was free from physical abuse by Resident #R1. This deficient practice resulted in actual physical harm on 04/20/2025 at 4:54 a.m., when S5CNA punched Resident #1, a cognitively intact resident, twice on the left side of the face and the left upper lip resulting in Resident #1 being sent to the local emergency room . The resident was diagnosed with a 2.5 cm laceration of left face which required 4 stiches and a contusion of left orbital area. […]