Failure to Maintain Sanitary and Homelike Environment in Common Areas
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed multiple unsanitary and unkempt conditions throughout the facility's first and second floor common areas, including dining rooms, a community room, and a community shower room. In the Two-West dining room, dried food spills, crumbs, debris, and personal items such as purses and tote bags were found in unlocked cabinets, along with old food and partially consumed beverages. The area also contained cleaning equipment, a baseball cap, food wrappers, and loose carpet pieces. The Two-East dining room had similar issues, with dried spills, food debris, insect webs, spiders, and unkempt cabinets containing personal items and used utensils with unknown substances. The kitchen area was noted to have liquid spills and dried food matter on surfaces. Common hallways on the second floor were observed to have moderate debris, spills, and an overall unkempt appearance, including sticky smudges and discarded items on windowsills. The first-floor community shower room, used by residents, contained soiled linens, a crumbled Hoyer lift tarp, and opened bathing wipes. The floor was dirty, with piles of human hair, broken razor caps, and insects present. The shower bed had tangled hair on its wheels, and the shower chair and seat were unclean, with multiple half-used shower gels and black discoloration in the creases. The first-floor community room, accessible to residents, staff, and visitors, had unlocked cabinets storing PPE and hypodermic syringes, as well as tables containing used bottles, electrical equipment, cracker crumbs, and a toothbrush. Food crumbs and debris were present throughout the carpeted room. Facility leadership, including the Nursing Home Administrator and Housekeeping Director, acknowledged the unkempt conditions during a tour of the affected areas.