Failure to Inventory and Safeguard Resident Personal Belongings
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to honor a resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment by not securing and accounting for the resident's personal belongings. During a complaint investigation, it was discovered that the facility could not account for several of the resident's items, including a phone charger, three white tee shirts, three ball caps, and a pair of sweatpants. Review of the resident's medical record and paper chart revealed that there was no personal belongings inventory sheet on file, despite the facility's policy requiring that all resident personal items be inventoried at admission and that documentation be retained in the medical record, with additional possessions added over time. In an interview, the Administrator confirmed that a search of both the electronic and paper medical records found no inventory sheet for this resident. This deficiency arose from the facility's failure to complete and maintain the required personal belongings inventory for the resident, which resulted in the inability to verify or locate the resident's missing items when the complaint was investigated.
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