'It just turns my stomach' | Salisbury nursing home resident likely ate a mouse, inspection finds

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Workers at a nursing home in Salisbury, North Carolina, thought they saw a man with severe cognitive disabilities grab a mouse out of the trash and then swallow the rodent, yet they failed to immediately tell a doctor or his family, according to a newly published inspection report.

Inspectors detailed "substandard quality of care" during their recent complaint investigation at Accordius Health at Salisbury.

Their survey found the facility, located in a city northeast of Charlotte, placed a man in immediate jeopardy in August when he "ingested an unidentifiable object and the facility failed to immediately and effectively respond to the situation." The inspection report reveals the man, suffering from dementia and psychosis, also had a history of rummaging through the trash.

Through interviews with staff members, inspectors painted a detailed picture of a man failed by the people entrusted to his care. A social worker reported seeing the man with a food container in one hand and something else in his other hand before turning around and putting something in his mouth.

"The Social Worker stated Resident #1 turned back towards him and he had what looked like a black string hanging from his mouth that was approximately three to four inches long," the report says. "The Social Worker stated he could not tell what Resident #1 put in his mouth. The Social Worker stated he did not report what he saw to the Physician or the Family Member."

The nursing home's director of nursing said she saw the man walk by with a "food container from the trash in his hand and a 2-inch-long dark-colored string hanging from his mouth," but couldn't stop him before he swallowed the string, according to the inspection report.

Inspectors documented an interview with a nurse aide who said the man spit out a "greyish-brown ball of fur with a piece of grizzle in it."

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