Westview Healthcare Center

In the surveyor’s words

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

• Actual harm, isolatedF689Sep 28, 2022

  Based on interview, observation, and record review, the facility failed to protect 1 of 5 sampled residents (Resident 1) from an excessive duration of exposure to sunlight and heat when Resident 1 was outdoors on the facility patio. This failure resulted in Resident 1 sustaining heat injury (a serious medical condition resulting from the body's inability to cope with a particular heat load) and sun exposure burns to his left foot and right lower extremity. Findings: A review of Resident 1's face sheet indicated he was admitted to the facility in March 2021 with diagnoses including diabetes (a disease causing too much sugar in the blood) and neuropathy (nerve damage or dysfuction causing numbness, tingling, muscle weakness and pain). […]

• Actual harm, isolatedF684Mar 9, 2021

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure timely assessment of a change of condition and to initiate a treatment for one of three sampled residents (Resident 1), when Resident 1's critical results of blood glucose were not recognized, assessed, treated or monitored. This failure resulted in a delay in treating undiagnosed diabetes until another incident of critically high blood glucose resulted in hospitalization and diagnosis [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . Findings: Resident 1 was admitted to the facility in 2014 with multiple diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812May 8, 2026

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store food in accordance with standards for food safety when fresh produce was not labeled or dated correctly to inform staff when the food was safe to use by.This failure had the potential for all residents in the facility who eat food from the kitchen to contract food-borne illness related to consuming food past their use by date.During an observation on 5/5/26, at 8:10 a.m., in the facility walk-in refrigerator, a plastic container of onions were observed without a label to indicate the received date or a use by date.During an interview on 5/5/26, at 8:10 a.m., with the Dietary Director (DD), DD stated there are no labels on the onions.During an observation on 5/5/26, at 8:11 a.m., in the facility walk-in… […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812May 24, 2024

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store foods according to professional standards for food safety when: 1. There were opened and unlabeled food items in the freezer and the cooking area; 2. A yellow cutting board was stained with black markings; and, 3. [NAME] puffy substances were observed at the bottom of the steel storage racks in the dry storage room. These failures had the potential to increase the risk of foodborne illnesses for a total of 164 residents who received food from the kitchen. Findings: 1. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF880Aug 18, 2022

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure infection prevention and control program guidelines and practices were maintained for a census of 162, when: 1. Tube feeding and water flush were found not labeled nor dated for Resident 62; 2. Hand-held nebulizer was found not labeled nor dated for Resident 108; 3. An electric toothbrush was found not covered and not labeled for Resident 43; 4. Two urinals were found not labeled and not dated for Resident 131 and Resident 7; 5. Nasal cannula tubing was found not labeled and not dated and disconnected from Resident 96; 6. Three electric fans were found not cleaned in the rooms of Resident 69, Resident 10 and Resident 130; 7. […]