Failure to Maintain a Clean, Sanitary, and Well-Maintained Resident Room
Penalty
Summary
Facility staff failed to provide housekeeping and maintenance services necessary to maintain a sanitary, orderly, and comfortable environment for one resident. A complaint from January 2026 alleged a fruit fly infestation in this resident’s room. On 3/17/26, a surveyor observed several fruit flies in the room, along with two food trays left behind the resident’s door: one from the previous day’s dinner with leftover pasta, carrots, milk, and ice cream containers, and another from that morning’s breakfast with food crumbs. The bedside table in front of the resident was visibly dirty, dresser drawers were visibly dirty, debris was present on the floor by the window, and two peanut butter jars on the shelves had peanut butter on the outside of the jars. The resident’s toilet was noted to be constantly running. When asked, the resident agreed to have housekeeping clean the room, remove the food trays, and place the peanut butter jars in a sealed container. The DON later accompanied the surveyor and confirmed these observations, including seeing a fruit fly in the room. On 3/18/26, the surveyor returned and counted 15 fruit flies in the resident’s bathroom, 2 fruit flies on the wall where the food trays had been observed the previous day, and 1 fruit fly on the sink. Large cobwebs were observed around both closet doors, dresser drawers remained dirty, and the peanut butter jars still had peanut butter on the outside and were not in a sealed container. Additional maintenance issues were noted, including an open-ended pipe next to the toilet protruding from the wall that did not appear to be in use, dry wall around the sink with large cracks, and old drill holes in the wall under the television. The resident again stated willingness to have a scheduled cleaning time. The DON again accompanied the surveyor and confirmed these observations.
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