Failure to Maintain Safe and Comfortable Resident Environment
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility failed to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for residents, staff, and the public by leaving bathroom wall heater covers removed in three rooms within the secured memory care unit. The exposed metal heating elements, located approximately six inches from the floor, were visible in the bathrooms of rooms H-8, H-10, and H-11. The Maintenance Supervisor confirmed during an interview that the heaters were still operational and acknowledged that the heating elements should not have been left exposed to residents. Additionally, the facility failed to ensure that bathroom door frames were free from rust and decay in two rooms. The bathroom door frames in rooms H-10 and H-11 were found to have rusted areas, with the metal frames rusted away from the floor up by two to three inches, leaving jagged, rusted edges exposed. The Maintenance Supervisor confirmed that the door frames should not have been left in this condition. The facility was unable to provide a policy regarding the maintenance of bathroom wall heaters or the rusted door frames at the time of the survey.