Failure to Provide Required Dementia and Abuse Prevention Training to CNAs
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that all Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) received the required minimum of five hours of annual dementia care training. Record reviews and interviews with the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) revealed that six sampled CNAs had not completed the mandated training hours, with some receiving as little as zero to four hours of dementia training within the year. The facility's own policy required annual in-service education on dementia care, but documentation showed that these requirements were not met for the sampled staff. Additionally, the facility did not ensure that all CNAs received annual abuse prevention training. Specifically, one CNA had not completed abuse prevention training within the last 12 months, as confirmed by a review of the personnel file and interview with the Director of Staff Development Assistant (DSDA). The facility's policy stipulated annual training in both dementia management and resident abuse prevention, but this was not consistently provided to all staff.