Failure to Post Information on How to File State Agency Complaints
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that information on how residents can formally complain to the State Agency was displayed in a format and language residents understood. During a resident council meeting on 9/24/25 at 1:45 PM, all residents in attendance denied knowing how to make a formal complaint to the state of Delaware. Later that day at 2:08 PM, during a tour of the facility to check required postings, the surveyor observed that the first-floor bulletin case, which displayed information for residents and visitors, did not include information on how to make a complaint to the state agency. At 2:27 PM, the Nursing Home Administrator (E1) confirmed this finding. On 9/29/25 at 1:25 PM, the same finding regarding the lack of posted information about how to file a complaint with the state agency was reviewed with the NHA (E1), the DON (E2), and the Corporate Nurse (E3) during the exit conference.
