Failure to Complete and Verify Resident Personal Effects Inventory
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to honor a resident's right to retain personal possessions by not completing and verifying a detailed personal effects inventory at admission. The resident, who had a diagnosis of depression and an intact cognitive status as evidenced by a BIMS score of 14, reported that staff refused to complete an inventory of their items. The resident stated they were missing many items and felt upset, disrespected, and insulted. Review of the resident's admission record confirmed the admission occurred in 2024, and the resident's cognitive status was intact at the time of the deficiency. During review of the resident's Personal Effects Inventory Form and Theft and Loss Report with the social worker, it was found that the inventory form was undated, not signed, and not completed, and the resident's belongings had not been fully inventoried. The Theft and Loss Report documented an alleged loss of four boxes of clothes valued at $971.17, with the social worker indicating they were waiting for receipts from the resident to resolve the claim. The RN supervisor stated that the resident's personal items should have been inventoried and the inventory form completed at admission, readmission, or return from the hospital, and acknowledged the facility's responsibility to safeguard residents' belongings. Facility policies on Theft and Loss and Resident Rights required completion and updating of inventory lists and affirmed residents' rights to retain and use personal possessions.
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