Failure to Provide Scheduled Bathing Assistance
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide scheduled bathing assistance to a resident who required partial to moderate help with bathing due to impairment on one side of their upper and lower extremity. The resident's assessment indicated intact cognition and a need for assistance from one person for bathing. Facility policy required showers to be provided per resident request or facility schedule, based on safety. Documentation for July showed that bathing did not occur, or was provided by family or non-facility staff, on three separate dates. There was no documentation indicating that the resident refused showers on those dates. During interviews, CNAs confirmed that the resident was scheduled for showers three times a week and stated that the resident never refused a shower. The DON was unable to locate any shower sheets to show refusals for the dates in question. The deficiency was identified after the resident was mentioned in a group meeting as not having received scheduled showers.