Failure to Safeguard Resident's Personal Property Due to Incomplete Documentation
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide reasonable care for the protection of a resident's personal property from loss or theft. Upon admission, the resident's personal belongings form was not signed by the resident, despite the resident having the capacity to understand and make decisions. The form was also not accurately completed, as it did not include all of the resident's personal items, such as a wallet and an undisclosed amount of money. The facility's policy required that all personal items be inventoried at admission and documented in the medical record, but this was not done in this case. Interviews with facility staff confirmed that the resident's signature was missing from the belongings form and that the documentation was incomplete. The resident later reported that a jacket containing a wallet with money was sent to the laundry, and while the wallet was returned, the money was missing. The missing items were not listed on the resident's belongings form, and staff acknowledged the deficiencies in documentation and procedure.