Failure to Provide Privacy Curtains in Shared Resident Rooms
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to provide adequate visual privacy for residents in two shared rooms, specifically rooms 217 A and 218 B, as privacy curtains were missing in both locations. This deficiency was identified through multiple observations over several days, during which surveyors noted the continued absence of privacy curtains. Review of the facility's policy confirmed that full visual privacy during routine care and treatments is required by means of privacy curtains and closed doors. Interviews with a CNA and the DON confirmed that all shared rooms should have privacy curtains for each bed, and both acknowledged the lack of curtains in the identified rooms.