Failure to Provide Privacy Curtain for Resident
Penalty
Summary
A resident who was alert and oriented was admitted to the facility and, upon admission, did not have a privacy curtain installed in her room. Observations on multiple occasions confirmed the absence of a privacy curtain. The resident reported that she had been without a privacy curtain since admission and was unable to close the door herself when using a bed pan, resulting in concerns about her privacy for over two weeks. She stated that she had requested the installation of a privacy curtain, but it had not been addressed. Staff interviews revealed that both the Maintenance Manager and the Chief Nursing Officer were unaware of the missing privacy curtain and confirmed that a privacy curtain should have been installed for every resident prior to admission.