Failure to Maintain Safe, Clean, and Homelike Environment
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed multiple deficiencies related to the facility's failure to maintain a safe, clean, and homelike environment for its residents. In one room, window blinds were found to be broken and missing. In another, a privacy curtain was observed to be dirty with a dark brown substance. Additionally, the floor at the head of a resident's bed, under the tube feeding pole, was dirty and sticky, with evidence of spilled feeding solution and an overall unclean surface. These findings were confirmed by both the Environmental Services Manager and the Administrator, who acknowledged that the issues required attention. A resident reported that her floor and the wall behind her bed were dirty and in need of painting, and that the baseboard in her bathroom was missing, with a poor paint job observed. The state surveyor confirmed the presence of dirty walls, a dirty floor, and missing baseboard in the bathroom. The Regulatory Compliance Officer later verified the dirty wall, scuffmarks, missing paint, and missing baseboard. Documentation reviewed indicated a work order for baseboard replacement had been created, but the baseboard remained missing at the time of the survey.