Failure to Provide Behavioral Health Training for Staff
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to implement a behavioral health training program for its staff, as required by its own facility assessment and regulatory standards. During interviews and record reviews, the administrator was unable to provide evidence that staff had received behavioral health training, nor could she recall when such training last occurred. The administrator confirmed that staff would receive behavior training at an upcoming meeting, but no documentation was available to show that training had previously taken place. Additionally, the Vice President of Clinical Services confirmed that there was no policy regarding behavior training available. The facility assessment documented that the facility accepts and serves residents with a range of psychiatric and mood disorders, including psychosis, impaired cognition, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, anxiety disorder, and behaviors requiring intervention, with an average of 40-60 residents needing behavioral health services. At the time of the survey, the facility census was 57 residents.