Failure to Update Care Plans and Conduct Care Conferences
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that resident care plans were revised to reflect current needs and interventions, and did not encourage residents and their representatives to participate in care planning and attend care conferences. This deficiency was identified for four residents. Resident #8's care plan was not updated after completing a course of antibiotics for an active infection. The Director of Nursing and the MDS Resource nurse acknowledged that the care plan should have been updated. Resident #11 had not been informed or attended a care conference since his readmission, with the last documented care conference occurring before his readmission. Resident #21 reported not participating in care conferences, and there was no documentation of such conferences. Similarly, Resident #27's medical record lacked documentation of a care conference since June 2024, and the Social Service Supervisor confirmed that care conferences had not been completed since that time.