Failure to Provide Scheduled Twice-Weekly Bathing for a Dependent Resident
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that a resident who required assistance with activities of daily living received bathing or showers at least twice weekly as care planned. Record review for Resident J, who had a diagnosis including stroke, a care plan revised on 10/2/25 indicating a need for staff assistance with ADLs, and a Quarterly MDS dated 2/7/26 showing maximum assistance required for bathing and moderately impaired cognition, showed that scheduled showers were to occur on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. However, there were no signed shower forms or tasks indicating that bathing occurred on multiple scheduled days, specifically 12/17/25; 1/7/26, 1/17/26, and 1/21/26; and 2/4/26, 2/18/26, and 2/25/26. During interview, the Wound Nurse confirmed that no additional shower forms could be found to show the resident was bathed on those dates. This deficiency was cited under 410 IAC 16.2-3.1-38(a)(3) and 16.2-3.1-38(b)(2) and relates to Intake 2733197.
