Failure to Ensure Call Light Accessibility for Residents
Penalty
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Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility failed to ensure call light cords were within reach for two residents. One resident's call light cord was found dangling behind the bed, requiring the resident to lower the bed and stretch her arm above her head to access it. Another resident was found calling out for help while seated in a wheelchair in the middle of the room, with the call light cord wrapped on the nightstand approximately three feet behind her and not within reach. The facility's policy requires that call lights be available and easily accessible to residents at all times, but this was not followed in these instances.