F0584

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Failure to Maintain Safe, Clean, and Homelike Resident Environment

Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania Survey Completed on 02-13-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

The facility failed to honor residents' rights to a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment on one of two nursing units (North Nursing Unit). Surveyors observed that two residents had tape surrounding their ceiling air vents, with dust collected on both the vents and the tape. Four residents had rubber baseboard molding pulled away from the wall for the entire length of the wall in their rooms. One of these residents also had an approximately 30.61-millimeter hole in the wall at an outlet junction box that was in use, located near the floor between the head of the bed and the outside wall. The resident and his parents confirmed that the room conditions had been present since admission.

Additional environmental deficiencies were identified in common areas. In the hallway outside a resident room, the ceiling had a cracked, partially patched, and unpainted area. Handrails in the North Hallway had unpainted patched spots on both sides of the hall. In the Physical Therapy Department, a large vent in the middle of the room had dust woven throughout the vent. During rounds and interview, the Nursing Home Administrator confirmed these findings and acknowledged that the facility failed to provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, in violation of facility policy and applicable state regulations (28 Pa. Code 207.2(a) and 201.29(k)).