Bay Ridge Healthcare Center

• Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Feb 9, 2026

• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 27, 2026

• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 27, 2026

• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 27, 2026

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity J of L: immediate jeopardy, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionPast Non-Compliance

• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 6, 2025

• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Feb 28, 2025

• Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Feb 22, 2025

• Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 10, 2025

• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 7, 2025

• Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 22, 2025

• Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 7, 2025

• Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 22, 2025

• Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Feb 25, 2025

• Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

  Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 14, 2025

• Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Sep 6, 2024

• Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Apr 16, 2024

• Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Apr 16, 2024

• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

  Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 23, 2024

• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 23, 2024

• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 14, 2024

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity J of L: immediate jeopardy, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 7, 2024

• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

  Severity J of L: immediate jeopardy, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Mar 7, 2024

• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jan 5, 2024

• Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Dec 30, 2023

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 5, 2024

• Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

  Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Dec 30, 2023

• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

  Severity K of L: immediate jeopardy, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

  Severity K of L: immediate jeopardy, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 4, 2022

• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 11, 2022

• Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Oct 17, 2022

• Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Oct 4, 2022

• Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Oct 3, 2022

• Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Oct 4, 2022

• Post nurse staffing information every day.

  Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Oct 3, 2022

Bay Ridge Healthcare Center offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Bay Ridge Healthcare Center is located at 208 South Utah in La Porte, Texas.

Reviewers consistently praise the admissions and administrative staff at Bay Ridge for being warm, responsive, and helpful with the transfer and Medicaid process. However, one detailed review raises serious concerns about nursing staff attentiveness to wound care and communication between nursing staff and physicians.

Bay Ridge Healthcare Center had 11 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 45 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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