Failure to Maintain Safe and Properly Draining Shower Floors
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors identified a deficiency in the facility’s failure to maintain resident shower floors in good repair, resulting in unsafe and non-homelike bathroom conditions for multiple residents. Observation of the shared bathroom for Residents #10 and #11 showed a large amount of water pooled on top of the shower tiles, with several tiles cracked, grout missing between multiple tiles, and an uneven tile surface. A separate observation of the bathroom used by Residents #35 and #38 revealed multiple broken and/or missing shower floor tiles and an uneven tile surface. Resident #35 confirmed that multiple tiles on the shower floor were missing or broken and that the water did not drain well. A CNA also confirmed that the shower floors in the bathrooms used by Residents #10, #11, #35, and #38 had missing, cracked, and broken tiles and that water did not drain correctly, causing pooling after residents’ showers. Review of the facility’s undated “Homelike Environment” policy showed the facility encouraged personalization and comfort of a home-like environment, but the observed shower conditions did not align with this policy. This deficiency represents noncompliance investigated under Complaint Number 2647177.
