Waterside Nursing and Rehabilitation has had well over 100 cases of COVID-19 among its staff and residents. KERRVILLE, Texas – A Kerrville nursing home failed to control infections of COVID-19 and forced some residents into isolation without their personal belongings, according to the findings of a state investigation obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders. Facility staff also failed to properly track how often patients were being bathed, records show. One resident told investigators she had not been bathed in a month. AdInvestigators instructed facility staff that more attempts needed to be made to bathe residents before documenting them as refusals.

Texas Health and Human Services records updated as of November 9 show the cumulative number of cases among Waterside residents and staff members had reached 116. HHSC officials recently increased the death toll among Waterside residents to nine. A communications person hired by Waterside’s parent company, Elliott Griffin, explained the approach to staffing in an email sent late last month:“Other facilities when hard hit by COVID-19 have been authorized to have asymptomatic COVID positive staff provide care exclusively to isolated, COVID positive residents. A temporary barrier set up inside Waterside Nursing and Rehabilitation after an outbreak of coronavirus cases. Griffin said via email Nov. 23 that there were seven active COVID cases among the facility’s employees and five active cases among its residents.

KERRVILLE, Texas – Seven residents have died, and more than 100 residents and staff members in all have tested positive for COVID-19 following an outbreak of the virus at a Kerrville nursing home, state and federal records show. Staff at Waterside Nursing and Rehabilitation, located in the 1200 block of Water Street, were mostly silent on Wednesday and referred inquiries from KSAT 12 to the facility’s administrator. Massive fine for SA nursing home housing COVID patients after state investigation uncovers long list of safety violationsThe deadly outbreak was first reported by the Kerrville Daily Times. The facility was also cited for failing to properly fill out the care plans of multiple residents, records show. Waterside Nursing and Rehabilitation released the following statement: