Thursday, April 19, 2018

Philly Nursing Home Had Prior Citations

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

The Philadelphia nursing home now under investigation in the suspicious death of s high profile patient has been cited in the past for of providing poor care to a patient.
Last year the nursing home at Cathedral Village was cited by state health inspectors for failure to follow a physician's orders in providing care to a male patient recovering from hip surgery.
According to the surveyor's report, the patient's dressing was saturated with blood "and the yellow and brown colored drainage.
The nursing home portion of Cathedral Village, known as Bishop White Lodge, is under investigation by Philadelphia Police who have classified the death of Herbert McMaster as suspicious. A department spokesman confirmed the investigation is ongoing. McMaster was the father of H.R. McMaster, the former National Security Advisor to President Trump.
He reportedly was admitted following a recent stroke and apparently died after suffering a fall while at the Andorra health care facility
A state Health Department spokesman said the agency was aware of the investigation and was in the process of conducting an investigation in the form of a facility survey. Stating that the department cannot comment on an ongoing investigation, the spokesman said that the results of that survey would eventually be made public.
The Aug. 22 state survey cited the facility for failure to provide the necessary care and services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well being" of the patient.
The state inspector wrote,"The dressing was completely saturated with a heavy amount of blood, including a heavy amount of yellow and brown colored drainage."
The patient pointed out to the inspector that the bedsheets were also covered with blood and drainage from the patient's incision.
The report also notes that the dressing did not include a notation of the date and time it had last been changed, which was required under the nursing home's policies.
According to the report the patient had been constantly telling staff that the dressing needed to be changed.
An employee acknowledged to inspectors that the doctor's orders for the changing of the dressing had not been followed.
State inspection records show that in a subsequent visit, inspectors found that the nursing home had corrected the cited deficiencies.
The department made two other recent visits to the home in response to complaints but did not find any deficiencies.
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