Failure to Ensure Required Nurse Aide Training and Dementia Education
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that nurse aides completed the required annual training hours and specific education in Alzheimer's and dementia care. Record reviews showed that two nurse aides did not complete the mandated 12 hours of ongoing training within the annual period, with one aide completing only 8 hours and another just 1 hour. The Director of Nursing confirmed these deficiencies during an interview. Additionally, five nurse aides did not complete the required 4 hours of annual training in Alzheimer's care and dementia care. Documentation for each of these aides indicated no evidence of such training during the specified timeframes. The Director of Nursing also confirmed that these nurse aides had not fulfilled the annual dementia care training requirement. These failures had the potential to affect all residents in the facility, which had a census of 42 at the time.