Failure to Maintain Resident Dignity During Dining
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure resident dignity during dining for two residents. Observations showed that a nurse aide stood between the two residents while feeding them their lunch meals and intermittently left the table to serve other residents, leaving the residents unattended. Another nurse aide later finished feeding both residents while also standing between them. On a separate occasion, a different nurse aide fed one of the residents while standing for 30 minutes and then left the dining area with the resident, with no staff observed attempting to feed the other resident until much later, at which point the resident was asleep. These actions and inactions were confirmed during an interview with the Administrator and the Director of Nursing.