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This long-term care facility is a 126-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of San Antonio and Bexar County, Texas. The "for profit" home is located at:
2003 W Hutchins Place
San Antonio, Texas 78224
(210) 927-0800
Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center - South San Antonio
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Legend Oaks Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center - South San Antonio offers other services. Additional focused care includes in-house therapies, wound care, pulmonary programs, neurological condition care, language and speech therapies, and swallowing dysfunction care involving electrical stimulation.
Both the state of Texas and federal agencies penalize nursing homes by denying reimbursement payments from Medicare or imposing monetary fines anytime the facility is cited for a severe violation of established regulations and rules that harm or could harm residents.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center - South San Antonio for $8,125 on June 16, 2017, citing substandard care.
The nursing home received three complaints over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Texas Health and Human Services Nursing Facility Quality Review Website.
Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the Texas Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The investigators determined “the facility failed to implement written policies to ensure residents have the right to be free from neglect.” In one investigation, two Licensed Vocational Nurses treated the resident’s stage III pressure ulcer with medicated swabs “without an order.”
The nursing staff “failed to identify and correct the assessment and documentation of the location of the pressure ulcer (the pressure ulcer was on the left trochanter and was being documented as on the right hip.” These deficient practices could affect five residents who received wound care [and] could result in worsening of a pressure ulcer or infection.”
The nursing home “failed to consult with the resident’s Physician for [one resident] whose medication and lab level was low.” Specifically, the resident’s “Physician was not notified that the resident had three missed doses” of their medication and low lab levels.
This deficient practice “could affect one resident taking [the medication] and could result in a decline of condition.” The investigation involved a resident who was receiving medication “used to prevent the body from rejecting a heart, liver, or kidney transplant.” The resident was to receive 1 mg of the medication through one capsule delivery by mouth every twelve hours as an anti-rejection medication of her liver transplant.
A review of the resident’s Medication Administration Record revealed that “she did not receive her doses of [antirejection medication]” on three occasions between April 15, 2016, and April 16, 2016. Documentation shows that the Licensed Vocational Nurse per the nurse will administer when [the medication] arise from the facility [because the] medication is not available.”
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