Failure to Meet Minimum Room Size Requirements for Multiple Occupancy Bedrooms
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide the required minimum of 80 square feet per resident in six multiple occupancy bedrooms, affecting 17 residents. During the entrance conference, the Administrator acknowledged that several rooms did not meet the square footage requirements, and the Assistant Administrator confirmed that rooms 107, 108, 207, 208, 307, and 308 each housed three residents in rooms measuring 226 square feet, resulting in only 75.3 square feet per resident. No construction or modifications had been made to these rooms, and the facility did not have documentation of the current square footage but relied on previous measurements. The facility census confirmed that these six rooms were among the 48 rooms in the building and were occupied by three residents each.