Failure to Provide Vision Services
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that a resident received proper treatment and assistive devices to maintain vision abilities. Resident 55, who was admitted with diagnoses including muscle weakness, lack of coordination, abnormal gait and mobility, high blood pressure, and glaucoma, had not seen an eye doctor since their admission. This was confirmed during an interview with the resident on January 7, 2025, and further corroborated by the Director of Nursing on January 10, 2025, who acknowledged the absence of an eye exam for the resident since admission.
Plan Of Correction
1. Resident R55's eye exam was scheduled. 2. Residents will be audited to ensure they all had an eye exam within the proper time. 3. Staff will be educated on the components of this regulation with an emphasis on ensuring residents receive necessary treatment and devices to maintain hearing and vision. 4. 5 Residents will be audited to ensure they had an eye exam in the proper time 1x week for 1 month, 2x a month for one month, and then 1x a month for 1 month. 5. The findings of these quality monitoring's to be reported to the Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Committee monthly x6 months.