Admissions to Peachtree Center Nursing & Rehabilitation Suspended

Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, has suspended new admissions of residents to Peachtree Center Nursing &Rehabilitation nursing home effective May 13, 2008, and imposed a one-time state civil monetary penalty of $3,000. The state also has recommended that the federal civil penalty be imposed at $5,650 a day until the violations are corrected. A special monitor will be appointed to review the center’s operations.

Peachtree Center Nursing & Rehabilitation, a 98-bed licensed nursing home located at 202 Enon Springs Road East, was ordered not to admit any new residents based on conditions found during a complaint investigation conducted May 1 through May 12. During the survey, surveyors found violations of resident protection, administration, physician notification, nursing services, pharmacy services, medication administration, records and reporting, and staff training standards.

The Commissioner may suspend admissions to a nursing home when conditions are determined to be, or are likely to be, detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the residents. The order to suspend admissions remains effective until conditions have been and continue to remain corrected. A copy of the order must be posted at the public entrance where it can be plainly seen.

The nursing home has the right to a hearing regarding the suspension of admissions before the Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities or an administrative judge.