Failure to Provide Required Abuse and Dementia Training to Nurse Aide
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that a Certified Nurse Aide received required training in dementia management and abuse prevention, as mandated by facility policy and state regulations. Record review and staff interviews revealed that there was no documented evidence of such training for the aide in question. The only training record provided was for behavioral health, but the aide did not work on the date listed, and the in-service sign-in sheet lacked essential details such as the date, duration, and instructor's name. The Human Resources Director was unable to locate the aide's training folder, and both the Director of Nursing and the Administrator confirmed that the staff educator position was vacant, with no one currently performing the function. Further interviews indicated that the aide had not received in-services on abuse, behavioral health, or dementia care, only on fire safety. The Director of Nursing acknowledged that no in-services had been conducted since assuming responsibility for staff education, due to the absence of a staff educator. The facility's policy requires all staff to be trained on abuse identification and dementia care at hire and annually, but this was not met for the aide in question.