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Buffalo Community Healthcare Center has received four fines and over 80 citations in the last four years for failing to prevent accidents from occurring, for lacking proper care for pressure ulcers, and for failing to avert any medication errors.

Buffalo Community Healthcare Center has received 82 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on October 1, 2021. The facility has also received four fines totaling $26,000 since 2017. The Buffalo nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 10 inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the following:

1. The nursing home did not take adequate steps to care for pressure ulcers. Section 483.25 of the Federal Code requires nursing homes to provide a consistent, professional level of care to prevent residents from developing avoidable pressure ulcers and to promote the healing of existing pressure ulcers. An April 2021 citation found that Buffalo Community Healthcare Center failed to ensure such. The citation states specifically that the nursing facility did not provide consistent weekly pressure ulcer assessments by a qualified person for one resident, and did not accurately document Treatment Administration Records. In an interview, a Registered Nurse said that the because the resident’s pressure ulcers were not treated as ordered or documented properly, the resident’s wounds “had the potential to get worse and because of the drainage, the wounds could get infected.” A plan of correction undertaken by the facility included the education of nursing staff.

A nursing home in Troy, New York has received 45 health and safety code citations in the last four years.

Troy Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 45 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 14, 2021. The Troy nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The violations they describe include the following:

1. The nursing home did not adequately protect residents from accidents. Under Section 483.25 of the Federal Code, nursing homes must ensure residents receive a level of supervision and assistance devices adequate to prevent them from sustaining accidents. A March 2021 citation found that Troy Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing failed to ensure such. The citation states specifically that the nursing home did not adequately supervise a resident with a history of wandering, who was subsequently found in another resident’s room. In an interview, one of the facility’s nurses said that the resident “was allowed to wander out of his room, and that there were no care planned interventions for supervising or monitoring” him. A plan of correction undertaken by the facility included the development of a care plan for wandering.