Failure to Honor Resident Dietary Preference for No Peas
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to honor a resident’s documented food preferences when a meal including green peas was served despite the resident’s dietary profile specifying no sides of peas or spinach. The resident, who had diagnoses including Parkinson’s disease with dyskinesia, presence of an intraocular lens, and presbyopia, was observed in the dining room receiving a lunch tray containing beef chili corn chip casserole, a flour tortilla, green peas, grapes, and hot coffee. The meal ticket for this resident clearly stated that no sides of peas or spinach should be provided, yet the tray included green peas, and the resident consumed about half of the peas served. During interviews, the LPN assisting with the meal and the Dietary Manager both confirmed that the resident’s preference was to receive no peas or spinach with meals and acknowledged that this preference was not followed at this lunch service.
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