Widespread Environmental Deficiencies in Resident Rooms
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility failed to maintain a safe, clean, and homelike environment for residents, as required by regulation. During an environmental tour with the Maintenance Director and Housekeeping Supervisor, multiple deficiencies were identified in 17 out of 41 occupied resident rooms. These included cracked and stained caulking around toilets, scrapes and holes in drywall and doors, cracked and bubbled ceiling tiles, pulled-away baseboards, food and water stains on ceilings, broken or missing fixtures such as nightlight covers, kick plates, toilet paper holders, towel bars, and window blinds. Additionally, there were strong urine odors, soiled and sticky floors, loose or torn fall stop strips, missing light covers, non-functioning lights, broken beds, and missing call light cords. Some rooms also had dried tube feeding solution on fall mats and peeling floor finishes. The Maintenance Director confirmed during the interview that the identified areas required cleaning or repair and acknowledged that there were no existing work orders for these issues. The concerns had not been previously identified by facility staff prior to the surveyors' environmental tour. The report does not mention any specific residents' medical histories or conditions at the time of the deficiency, nor does it indicate any corrective actions taken following the findings.