Some health-care practices at the Vista Grande nursing home failed to meet federal care requirements during an unannounced inspection last month by Colorado Department of Health and Human Services. Six violations were considered to be Level D, which means they involved individual cases with the potential for more than minimal harm to the resident. The other received a Level E rating, meaning the problem has a more widespread pattern affecting multiple residents that could also lead to patient harm.
L meaning the resident is in imminent danger.
Vista Grande has until Aug. 17 to respond to each violation listed under a plan of correction. The G involved a resident with repeated skin tears on her legs because of protrusions from her wheelchair. The worst offense in the recent report, the Level E, involved the home s alleged lack of adequate comprehensive care plans for patients. In one case a resident with a rotator-cuff tear was required to be fitted with a leg brace and tennis shoes for activities outside the room, including meals. The person s care plan revealed that the brace was to be worn on the right leg, but did not indicate for how long, under what circumstances, or who should put it on.