Failure to Provide Required Assistive Eating Device During Meal Service
Penalty
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Summary
A deficiency occurred when a resident with vascular dementia and a severe intellectual disorder, who was prescribed a pureed consistent carbohydrate diet with an inner lip plate (divided plate) at meals, was not provided with the required assistive device during a lunch observation. Despite physician orders, care plan directives, and the resident's meal ticket all specifying the need for an inner lip plate, the resident was served lunch in individual bowls without the assistive device. The Dietary Manager confirmed that dietary staff should have followed the meal ticket instructions. Facility policy also required accuracy in following therapeutic diet extensions, but this was not adhered to in this instance.