Failure to Maintain Clean, Sanitary, and Well-Maintained Resident Environment and Equipment
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified that the facility failed to ensure a clean, sanitary, and well-maintained environment and failed to maintain patient care equipment in good repair for multiple residents. During observations conducted with the Maintenance Director, one resident’s bed remote had exposed wires with tape wrapped around the cord from about halfway up to the remote, while another resident’s curtain rod was bent and hanging down at an angle above the bed. Additional observations showed stained carpet and deep drywall scratches with missing paint in two residents’ rooms, and another resident’s carpet with multiple stains. A further observation of a resident’s wheelchair revealed dried brown debris on both footrest clips, which the resident’s daughter stated was probably dried stool. The Maintenance Director confirmed these environmental and equipment concerns, and facility policy on a homelike environment stated residents were to be provided with a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment.
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