Failure to Maintain a Clean and Homelike Environment
Penalty
Summary
Staff failed to maintain a safe, clean, and homelike environment for one resident, as evidenced by the presence of orange peels, food crumbs, and paper trash on the floor of the resident's room. Additionally, a lunch tray from an earlier meal remained on the resident's tray table well after the meal was finished, and a full urinal was left on the same tray table. These conditions were confirmed by both a CNA and the facility Administrator during interviews, who acknowledged that the room should have been cleaned, the tray removed after the meal, and the urinal emptied and taken off the tray table. The observations and interviews directly document the failure to provide a comfortable and homelike environment as required, with specific details about the uncleanliness and improper handling of personal care items in the resident's room.