THE VOSSWOOD NURSING CENTER
815 S VOSS RD, HOUSTON, TX 77057
PLEASE NOTE: The following highlighted quoted text is only a portion of the full report/survey submitted by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES. The full report/survey can be found here.
FACILITY FAILED TO PROTECT EACH RESIDENT FROM ALL TYPES OF ABUSE SUCH AS PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SEXUAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT, AND NEGLECT OF ANYBODY.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY**
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents were free from neglect for 1 of 14 residents (CR #1) reviewed for neglect.
The facility failed to have procedures in place for residents who are non-compliant with smoking in the facility.
The facility failed to have procedures addressing residents with history of illicit drug use.
The facility failed to have procedures in place to ensure adequate monitoring of a resident after incident of suspected illicit drug use in the facility.
The facility failed to ensure staff were trained on what to monitor on a resident with possible drug abuse.
The facility failed to have procedures in place that ensured CR#1’s physician’s orders [REDACTED]. CR #1 admitted to the facility with above issues. He was found with a used syringe and needle wrapped in a toilet tissue paper in his bathroom on one incident. CR#1 was found dead with a syringe, needle and Heroin in his bathroom sink 4 days later.
Interview on [DATE] at 10:20AM, the Unit Manager said she was aware CR #1 had a history of [REDACTED]. She said the resident had a few issues with his PICC line and she wondered if he was messing with it but did not want to assume or accuse without evidence. She questioned the resident on one occasion where she found the PICC line bloody as if it had been tampered with and CR #1 claimed the nurse who came in earlier had flushed the line and caused the mess. The Unit Manager said she was not aware of the incident that happened over the weekend ([DATE]) with the resident being found with a syringe and needle until after he was found deceased on [DATE].
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