Failure to Maintain Clean and Homelike Environment
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide a clean, safe, comfortable, and homelike environment for residents, as evidenced by multiple deficiencies observed during a facility tour. Specifically, 12 out of 15 resident rooms were found to have bathrooms without working and functional hand soap dispensers. Additionally, in several unoccupied resident rooms, mattresses were observed to be stained, discolored, and ripped. These findings were confirmed by both nursing staff and the Nursing Home Administrator during the survey. Further observations revealed that one of the two resident common rooms on the second floor contained three empty medication carts, a Hoyer lift, two wheelchairs, and had dirt and debris scattered throughout the floor. Staff interviews confirmed these conditions. The facility's own policy requires maintaining a safe, clean, and homelike environment, but the observed conditions did not meet these standards, as confirmed by staff and administration.