3 nursing homes ranked low after inspection

Lucas County facilities cited for inadequate care.

The inspector found hole after hole in Resident 67’s care charts.

Staff tasked with cleansing and covering her thigh wound failed four times in January to document doing so. They missed recording a device’s blood oxygen readings 23 times over two months. They also failed to record blood glucose levels on 11 instances in one month.

In fact, the resident “revealed there were times when her blood sugars were not checked before she ate,” records state.

Resident 67 lived at Addi- son Heights Health and Reha- bilitation Center in January when inspectors from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reviewed the nursing home. The indi- vidual — referred to only by number in federal inspection records — was among 16 indi- viduals living at the facility identified as missing documentation for some type of treatment or check.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regularly reviews nursing homes across the country, including 38 in Lucas County. A Blade review of federal records found violations of inadequate care and conditions at many facilities: missing or incomplete records; undocumented injuries; and poor resident hygiene.

Three area facilities had overall ratings of one star out of five, what the federal government calls “much below average.” There are 10 others with two stars, eight with three and four stars, and nine with five stars.