Failure to Provide Required Bathing Assistance
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide necessary assistance with bathing and personal hygiene for a resident who required moderate staff help. The resident, who was cognitively intact and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, reported not having received a bath or had bed linens changed in weeks. During observation, the resident exhibited a strong sour odor, greasy hair, and long, soiled fingernails. Review of both paper and electronic records confirmed that the resident had not received or refused a bath or shower on multiple documented dates over the past month, and had not had their hair shampooed during that period. Facility policy required that showers, tub baths, or bed/sponge baths be offered according to resident preference at least twice weekly, but this was not followed for the resident in question.