Lack of Certified Dietary Manager Overseeing Food and Nutrition Services
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide the services of a full-time certified dietary manager for 33 residents who received their meals from the kitchen. During observation of lunch meal preparation, a dietary staff member confirmed she was not a certified dietary manager, reported she was still taking the course and had not yet taken the certification test, and was functioning in the kitchen despite this. She also identified that two residents were on a pureed diet and three residents were on a minced and moist diet. Later, administrative staff confirmed that this dietary staff member was not certified. The facility’s Personnel policy stated that the food and nutrition services department would be staffed with sufficient competent personnel to carry out departmental functions, but the facility did not have a certified dietary manager in place. No additional resident-specific medical histories or conditions beyond the need for pureed and minced and moist diets were documented in the report.
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