Failure to Provide Scheduled Bathing Assistance to Dependent Resident
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to provide appropriate bathing assistance to a resident who was dependent on staff for activities of daily living, including bathing. The resident, who had moderate cognitive impairment and an open abdominal wound, was care planned to receive staff assistance with bathing or showers per schedule and to be offered sponge baths if a full bath or shower could not be tolerated. Medical record review showed that, over a period when the resident should have received at least 15 baths or showers, only four were documented. This was confirmed by the Assistant Director of Nursing, who acknowledged that the expectation was for residents to be offered at least two baths or showers per week as scheduled.