
Warren Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received over 70 citations for being in violation of public health code since 2017 and has been fined a total of $14,000 since 2011.
Warren Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 73 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 7, 2022. The facility has additionally received three fines totaling $14,000 since 2011, the most recent being a $10,000 fine issued in December 2017. The Queensbury nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of eight surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following:
1. The nursing home did not adequately prevent the use of unnecessary medications. Section 483.45 of the Federal Code stipulates that nursing home residents’ drug regimens “must be free from unnecessary drugs.” A September 2021 citation found that Warren Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing failed to ensure such. The citation states specifically that one resident received an opioid pain medication even though their medical record did not include a clinical indication supporting its use, nor documentation to support an increase in dosage. In an interview, one of the facility’s Certified Nursing Assistants said that “they did not provide non-pharmacological interventions for pain management for this resident and the resident was not care planned for specific interventions for the nurse assistants to provide.” A plan of correction undertaken by the facility included the re-education of licensed nurses on policy regarding medication administration.