Failure to Maintain Safe and Sanitary Resident Environment
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified multiple failures by the facility to maintain a safe, functional, sanitary, and comfortable environment across three of four resident hallways. Observations revealed unresolved maintenance issues in several resident rooms, including a yellow stain with missing caulking around a toilet bowl, a large black stain on a bathroom door, a chipped bathroom tile, broken floor molding, a missing section of a bathroom door jamb, a door penetration near a bathroom door handle, and a broken bathroom ceiling light. Additionally, a significant water stain and peeling paint were noted on a hallway ceiling adjacent to a resident room. Interviews with the Maintenance Director and Administrator confirmed that these areas requiring repair were known to the facility and were listed on a posted work order log. The facility's policy requires the Maintenance Director to review, prioritize, and ensure completion of work orders, but the observed deficiencies had not yet been addressed at the time of the survey. No information was provided regarding the medical history or condition of specific residents affected by these environmental deficiencies.