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Citation history
Health deficiencies cited at Arlington Pointe Care Center during CMS and state inspections, most recent first.
Unsafe Food Storage and Improper Thawing Practices: Kitchen observation found an open freezer reading 50 F with water droplets, ice buildup, and soft ice cream and cake. Eight hamburger patties were thawing on a rack beside the oven without refrigeration or running water, and prepared foods were left on a shelf without being cooled or heated. The DS and DM confirmed the conditions and stated proper thawing and holding temperatures.
Pureed diet recipes were not followed during meal prep when a DS blended vegetable soup, onion rings, and grilled ham and cheese sandwiches without measuring ingredients or adding required items such as crackers, milk, thickener, or reserved liquid. The DD and DS confirmed the recipes were not followed, and records showed six residents were ordered puree diets.
A resident with severe cognitive impairment and a broken tooth did not receive recommended emergency dental care. Despite a dentist's recommendation for extraction and notification to the resident's family, the facility failed to document or follow up on the procedure, leaving the resident in pain. The DON confirmed the oversight during an investigation.
The facility failed to notify a resident's family of a change in condition requiring hospitalization for a blood transfusion. Despite a critically low hemoglobin level and a physician's order, there was no documentation that the family was informed. Interviews confirmed the lapse, violating the facility's policy on prompt notification.
The facility failed to notify the ordering physician of lab results for a urinalysis with culture that indicated a UTI for a resident. The results, which were out of the clinical reference range, were not communicated to the physician until approximately 10 days later when the resident exhibited a change in mental status. Interviews with staff confirmed the delay and acknowledged that the standard procedure was not followed.
Unsafe Food Storage and Improper Thawing Practices
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure food was stored at safe temperatures and failed to ensure food was thawed appropriately. During observation of the kitchen, the freezer door was open and the thermometer inside the freezer read 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Water droplets were forming on the ceiling, water was dropping onto the floor and onto food items stored on shelves, ice had formed on the freezer cooling unit and on boxes of food underneath it, and small containers of ice cream and a sponge cake were soft to the touch. In the main kitchen area, eight hamburger patties were observed thawing on a backing rack beside the oven without being cooled in any way or placed under running water. A plate of breakfast sausages, a cup of scrambled eggs, and a plate of breakfast pizzas were also observed on a shelf without being cooled or heated in any way. The Dietary Supervisor confirmed the freezer door was open and the temperature inside was 50 F, and the Dietary Manager confirmed that food items should be thawed in the refrigerator or under water and that prepared food should be stored under 41 F or above 135 F. Resident #73 was NPO and did not receive food prepared in the facility's kitchen.
Pureed Diet Recipes Not Followed During Meal Preparation
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure pureed food was prepared according to its recipes to maintain the nutritive value of the food. During observation of meal preparation on 12/17/25, the Dietary Supervisor prepared pureed vegetable soup by pouring soup into a blender without measuring the amount and without adding the recipe ingredients, including saltine crackers, thickener, or reserved liquid. The facility recipe for Soup Chunky Pureed Thick called for specific quantities of chunky vegetable soup, saltine crackers, and thickener, with the soup ingredients and crackers blended to a fine consistency before thickener and reserved liquid were added. The Dietary Supervisor also prepared pureed onion rings by placing deep fried onion rings into a blender without counting them and by adding hot water instead of the recipe ingredients, including milk and thickener. In addition, pureed grilled ham and cheese sandwiches were prepared by blending ham slices, cheese, and bread together with hot water, without adding the other required ingredients or food thickener and without pureeing the bread separately as directed by the recipe. The Dietary Director and Dietary Supervisor confirmed the recipes were not followed for these pureed items. Facility records showed six residents were ordered puree diets.
Failure to Provide Emergency Dental Care
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Summary
The facility failed to provide emergency dental care for a resident, identified as Resident #55, who was severely cognitively impaired and required moderate assistance with eating. The resident had a broken tooth that needed extraction, as recommended by the facility's contracted dentist during an emergency dental consult. Despite the recommendation for dental surgery and the notification to the resident's responsible party, the facility did not document any follow-up actions to ensure the extraction was completed. Interviews with the Director of Nursing (DON) and Resident #55 confirmed the lack of follow-up on the dentist's recommendation. The DON acknowledged the failure to document and ensure the completion of the emergency dental procedure. Resident #55 reported experiencing pain from the broken tooth, which had not been removed. This deficiency was identified during an investigation under Complaint Number OH00159744.
Failure to Notify Family of Change in Condition
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The facility failed to notify a resident's family of a change in condition that required the resident to go to the hospital. This deficiency affected one resident who was admitted with diagnoses including elevated white blood cell count, abnormal blood chemistry findings, cerebral infarction, and post hemorrhagic anemia. The resident's lab results showed a critically low hemoglobin level, leading to a physician's order for a blood transfusion. However, there was no documentation that the family was informed about the new physician order or the resident being sent out for the blood transfusion. Interviews with the LPN and the Director of Nursing confirmed that the family was not notified about the resident's transfer for the blood transfusion. The facility's policy on Change in Condition mandates prompt notification of the resident, attending physician, and the resident's responsible party in the event of a change in condition or status. This deficiency was identified during an investigation under Complaint Number OH00153318.
Failure to Notify Physician of Lab Results in a Timely Manner
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Summary
The facility failed to notify the ordering physician of lab results for a urinalysis with culture that fell outside of the clinical reference range for Resident #101. The resident, who was admitted with diagnoses including spinal stenosis and interstitial cystitis with hematuria, had a urinalysis ordered on 03/20/24. The lab results, dated 03/23/24, indicated a positive result for a urinary tract infection (UTI) with the organism enterococcus faecium (VRE), which was susceptible to Linezolid and Nitrofurantoin. However, the physician was not notified of these results until 04/13/24, approximately 10 days later, when the resident exhibited a change in mental status and increased weakness. An antibiotic was then ordered and initiated on the same day. Interviews with the facility staff, including a Registered Nurse (RN), a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and the Director of Nursing (DON), confirmed that the physician was not notified of the urinalysis results in a timely manner. The staff acknowledged that the standard procedure was to notify the physician immediately if the results were critical or by the end of the day if they were out of range. The delay in notification and subsequent initiation of antibiotic treatment was confirmed by the DON, who also noted that there was no documentation showing the physician was aware of the urinalysis results until the resident's condition changed on 04/13/24.
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