Failure to Provide Adequate Bathing Assistance for Dependent Resident
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide necessary services to maintain good personal hygiene for a dependent resident who required assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), specifically bathing. Documentation review revealed that during the resident's stay from mid-March to mid-April, there was only one recorded instance of the resident being assisted with a shower. Intake records and Point of Care (POC) documentation indicated that the resident was dependent or needed substantial to maximal assistance with showering and bathing, but only one date was documented for a shower transfer. Interviews with the unit manager confirmed that there was limited documentation to support that multiple showers were provided, and skin check sheets did not indicate that showers were given on the assigned days. The unit manager acknowledged that, at the time, showers and transfers were prompted on an as-needed basis rather than on scheduled shower days, and there was no additional documentation to demonstrate that the resident received more than one shower during the reviewed period.