Cadence Senior Living at Mint Hill

The facility failed to maintain its licensed bed capacity and services for rooms previously designated as Special Care Unit (SCU) beds. Following a remodel in July 2023, Hallway B was converted to Assisted Living (AL) rooms without updating the facility's license to reflect the change in bed types.

The facility failed to ensure that resident care plans were signed by the assessor upon completion. A review of sampled residents revealed that 4 out of 5 residents had inaccurate care plans lacking the required assessor signature.

The facility failed to maintain its licensed bed capacity and services for rooms previously designated as Special Care Unit (SCU) beds. Specifically, Hallway B was remodeled and converted into private Assisted Living (AL) rooms, resulting in a mismatch between the licensed SCU bed count and the actual services provided.

The facility failed to ensure physician notification for two residents regarding medication issues. Specifically, the facility did not notify a physician about a resident missing doses of medication for macular degeneration and failed to follow up on a physician's order to increase the frequency of a medication for gout.

The facility failed to ensure physician and ophthalmologist notification regarding missing medications for two residents. Specifically, the facility did not notify providers about missing Preservision Areds vitamins for Resident #1 and failed to follow up on a physician's order to increase Allopurinol dosage for Resident #3.

The facility failed to meet the routine and acute health care needs of residents due to medication administration errors. For Resident #1, multiple doses of vitamins were missed over several months because the facility was waiting on family to provide the medication without proper follow-up or notification to the physician. For Resident #3, a change in medication frequency for Allopurinol was not implemented until several weeks after the order was issued.

The facility failed to provide supervision in accordance with residents' assessed needs, care plans, and current symptoms. Specifically, three residents with a history of falls were not supervised appropriately, as evidenced by multiple documented fall incidents and injuries.