Failure to Provide Required Abuse Prevention Training to Director of Culinary Services
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide required training on abuse, neglect, exploitation, and misappropriation of resident property to the Director of Culinary Services. Review of personnel records showed that the Director of Culinary Services, hired on 01/13/25, did not have documentation of completing any abuse prevention training. Interviews with the HR Director revealed that the Director was responsible for completing his own required trainings, which were communicated via email, but he had not completed any of them. The Director of Culinary Services confirmed he was unaware that the trainings were incomplete and admitted he may not know what constitutes abuse or how to prevent it. The Administrator stated that the Director was expected to complete the required training and that oversight was shared with the contract company, but the trainings were not completed due to a breakdown in responsibility. Further interviews with the Regional Director of the contract food company indicated a lack of awareness regarding the training timelines and shared oversight responsibilities between the facility and the contract company. Review of the facility's abuse policy and staff development policy confirmed that all associates are required to complete abuse prevention training before resident contact and annually thereafter, with non-compliance potentially resulting in corrective action. The absence of completed training for the Director of Culinary Services represents a failure to follow these policies.