Failure to Provide Minimum Square Footage in Multiple Occupancy Rooms
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide the required minimum of 80 square feet per resident in nine multiple occupancy rooms, as determined through interviews and record reviews. Specifically, rooms 109, 111, 112, 201, 204, 209, 211, 315, and 317 were each classified to accommodate three residents, but measurements showed that each resident would have only approximately 73 to 74 square feet of space, which is below the regulatory requirement. These findings were based on room size measurements from 2023 and 2024, as well as a review of the facility's Form 3740 Bed Classifications completed by the Administrator. During interviews, the Administrator acknowledged that the facility continued to use these rooms despite their non-compliance with space requirements and indicated that room waivers had been used in the past two years for these rooms. However, the Administrator also stated that she had not signed a room waiver and had not confirmed the room sizes during the survey or upon follow-up. No residents were specifically identified as being affected at the time of the survey, but the report notes the occupancy status of each room during the review.