Unsanitary Hallways and Shower Area Affect Resident Bathing
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure a sanitary, clean, and homelike environment, particularly in resident care areas and the main second-floor shower. Surveyors observed that the hallway for rooms 110 through 122 was heavily soiled with salt from snow, gum, dried stains, and miscellaneous debris, a condition confirmed by a CNA. The facility’s own “Homelike Environment” policy, dated 2001, states that staff and management are to maximize a clean, sanitary, and orderly environment. The second-floor main shower was observed with two used bars of soap on the floor, three used bottles of body soap on the shelf, rust stains and mold covering the shower stall floor, and dried stains on the shower chair and shower bed frame. These conditions were verified by a unit manager. One resident with intact cognition, admitted with diagnoses including type 2 diabetes, chronic pain, anxiety disorder, muscle weakness, and bilateral age-related nuclear cataracts, reported that the shower was very dirty and that she did not want to shower there. Another resident stated she would not shower because the only working shower was on the second floor and described the shower chairs as covered in feces and urine. These findings were investigated under a complaint number and involved two of three residents observed for environment, with potential impact on all residents using the second-floor shower.
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