Failure to Ensure Bedside Water Was Within Resident’s Reach
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified a deficiency in the facility’s failure to reasonably accommodate a resident’s needs and preferences by not ensuring drinking water was within reach. The resident had been admitted with diagnoses including dementia, muscle weakness, and an unspecified fall, and was observed lying in bed with the bed in the lowest position. During the observation, the resident’s drinking water was placed on a bedside table positioned approximately two feet from the bed and raised to a height the resident could not reach. A nursing aide confirmed that the bedside table was out of the resident’s reach and that the resident could not access her water. In a joint interview, the ADON and Regional Clinical Nurse confirmed that staff were expected to ensure bedside tables were within residents’ reach so they could access water and personal items.
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