Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 11 health citations on file.
Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
5D
3E
3F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
August 26, 2021Standard inspection · 0 citations
June 21, 2019Standard inspection · 7 citations
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, review of the 2017 Food Code regulations and the facility policies related to Leftover Food Storage and Foods from Families and Friends the facility failed to ensure: 1) Food was consistently labeled with open and use-by date (UBD) and used within seven days after opening; 2) Food below recommended temperatures on the 6/19/19 lunch tray line were reheated to at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit (F); and 3) Residents' refrigerators in three of three nursing station pantries were clean and residents' food was labeled with name and date, and discarded within three days as directed by facility policy. These failures had the potential to affect all 130 residents for whom meals were prepared and served at the time of this survey. Findings Included: 1) FOOD LABELING The facility policy: [...]
- E
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, review of pest control treatment logs, review of a facility policy titled Quality Assurance/Quality Assurance Performance Improvement, review of facility documents titled Quality Assurance Committee Action and Emergency Q.A.P.I. (Quality Assurance Performance Improvement) Meeting Minutes and review of the Administrator's job description, Employee Identifier (EI) #1, the facility's administrator, failed to provide necessary oversight to ensure a Quality Assurance Performance Improvement plan was implemented after the identification of bed bugs on 5/09/19 in Resident Identifier (RI) #41 and RI #105's room, Room Locator (RL) #1, which resulted in the spread of bed bugs. This affected RI #s 41, 42, 46, and 105, four of 11 residents sampled for bed bugs. [...]
- E
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, review of pest control treatment logs, review of a facility policy titled Quality Assurance/Quality Assurance Performance Improvement, and review of facility documents titled Quality Assurance Committee Action and Emergency Q.A.P.I. (Quality Assurance Performance Improvement) Meeting Minutes, the facility failed to ensure their QAPI plan was implemented to prevent the spread of bed bugs after they were identified on 5/09/19 in Resident Identifier (RI) #41 and RI #105's room, Room Locator (RL) #1. This affected RI #s 41, 42, 46, and 105, four of 11 residents sampled for bed bugs. Bed bugs were identified in 6 of 81 total resident rooms in the facility, as well as in common areas, including the day room and dining room. Findings Include: Cross reference F925. [...]
- E
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, record review, review of a facility document titled Emergency Q.A.P.I. (Quality Assurance Process Improvement) Meeting Minutes, review of the facility's Quality Assurance Committee Action, review of the facility's pest control contract, and review of the facility's policies titled Bed Bugs and Insect and Rodent Control, the facility failed to ensure measures were implemented to provide effective pest control and prevent the spread to other rooms after the identification of bed bugs in Room Locator (RL) #1 on 5/9/19. Resident Identifier (RI) #s 41 and 105, who resided in RL #1, were taken to another room on Station 2 prior to receiving a shower on 5/9/19. Further, RI #s 46 and 42's clothing and other items were not removed from RL #5 after bed bugs were also discovered in that room. [...]
- D
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interview the facility failed to ensure the controlled box containing narcotics, in the Station 1 medication storage room, was permanently affixed to the inside of the refrigerator. This was observed on 6/20/19 at 10:30 AM during the medication storage observation and affected one of two medication storage rooms observed.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and review of a facility policy titled, Medication Administration Procedures, Eye Drops , the facility failed to ensure that a Licensed Nurse did not take multi-use items into a resident's room and place them on an unclean surface during medication administration of eye drops, then return and place items in the medication cart without first cleaning the items. This deficient practice affected Resident Identifier (RI) # 93, one of one resident observed receiving eye drops, and one of six total residents observed during medication administration observations.
- D
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews and review of a job description for the Director of Maintenance, the facility failed to ensure Room Locator (RL) #s 19-26 were free of chipped paint and splintered plywood on walls, broken chair rail moulding, scuffed and chipped paint on door facings, misaligned furniture drawers, soap dispenser off wall, broken toilet tissue holder, dangling TV cable and wheelchairs with tape on armrests. This was observed on three of four days of the survey and affected RL #s 19-26, eight of 81 rooms in the facility. Findings Include: A facility document titled, JOB DESCRIPTION . JOB TITLE: Director of Maintenance, with a review date of 6/30/03, documented: . B. DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS . 9. Maintain appearance of building and provide necessary repairs and painting as needed. 23. Paint interiror/exterior surfaces. 26. Repair departmental equipment . [...]
July 19, 2018Standard inspection · 4 citations
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews the facility failed to ensure that dietary staff washed their hands after picking up an item from the floor and returning to their assigned task during lunch tray-line on 7/18/18, prevent dietary staff from entering the kitchen with a cloth apron on during the lunch tray-line on 7/18/18 and prevent the use of bowls with water in them . This had the potential to affect 119 residents receiving meals from the kitchen. On 07/18/18 at 11:45 AM EI#6, a dietary employee, was observed to drop a lid on the floor. EI# 6 picked the lid up off the floor with her gloved hands and placed the lid in dishwashing area. EI# 6 was observed to not remove her gloves, wash her hands or put on new clean gloves and she continued to adjust plates and touch items on resident lunch trays. On 07/18/18 at 2:58 PM an interview was conducted with EI# 6. [...]
- F
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interviews the facility failed to ensure: the grease receptacle was free of an accumulation of a grease like substance. This was observed two of three days of the survey. This had the potential to affect all residents receiving meals from the kitchen. On 07/17/18 at 8:58 AM and on 7/18/18 at 5:49 PM the grease bin located outside in the back of the kitchen was observed with a brown thick grease-like substance on the top of the bin behind the lid. On 7/18/18 at 5:49 PM an interview with EI # 7, the Dietary Manager, was conducted. EI# 7 was asked why the grease receptacle whould be free of an accumulation of a grease like substance on the outside of the receptacle. EI # 7 stated because flies and bugs could get stuck on it. [...]
- D
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on a review of a facility policy titled, Pre-admission Screening for Mental Retardation and Mental Illness, record reviews and interviews, the facility failed to ensure a level II PASARR was completed for RI (Resident Identifier) # 118 transitioning from rehabilitation short term care to long term care. This affected one of 32 residents whose PASARRs were reviewed. RI #118's PASARR (Preadmission Screening for Mental Retardation and Mental Illness) Level I dated 11/07/17, documented the resident has a diagnosis of Schizophrenia and required a Level II screening. The Level II dated 11/20/17, documented the resident was receiving restorative nursing such as Physical Therapy five times a week for four weeks for gait training and therapeutic exercise for short term care. [...]
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and review of a facility policy Hand Hygiene, the facility failed to ensure: 1) licensed staff did not check tube placement without gloves for Resident Identifier (RI) #12 then without washing her hands return to the medication cart to prepare RI #12's medication; 2) a licensed staff did not drop a tablet on the medication cart then pick up the tablet with her bare hands and place it on the pill splitter. She further failed to wash her hands when leaving RI #26s room and returned to the medication cart. Findings Include: A review of a facility policy Hand Hygiene with an effective date of 9/1/17 revealed: PURPOSE: To provide guidelines to employees for proper and appropriate hand washing techniques that will aide in the prevention of transmission of infections. STANDARD: [...]
Fire safety inspections
8 fire safety citations on file: 6 on June 21, 2019, 2 on July 19, 2018.
Every fire safety citation8 citations
- F
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
K 345 · June 21, 2019 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
- D
Ensure that waiting areas, nurse’s stations, gift shops, and cooking facilities, open to the corridor are properly protected.
K 361 · June 21, 2019 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
- D
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
K 372 · June 21, 2019 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
- D
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
K 741 · June 21, 2019 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
- D
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
K 918 · June 21, 2019 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
- D
Ensure precautions for handling oxygen cylinders and equipment are correctly followed.
K 929 · June 21, 2019 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
- E
Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
K 223 · July 19, 2018 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
- E
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
K 345 · July 19, 2018 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)