Finding Description
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on facility policy review, medical record review, observations, and interviews the facility failed to provide a clean and homelike environment for 1 resident (Resident #41) of 94 residents reviewed for a homelike environment.
The findings include:
Review of the facility's policy titled, Cleaning Assignments, dated 4/2024, revealed .maintain a neat, clean .homelike environment .
Medical record review revealed Resident #41 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] Diabetes Mellitus, Need for Assistance with Personal Care, and Muscle Weakness.
Review of a quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE], revealed Resident #41 was cognitively intact.
During an observation in room [ROOM NUMBER] on 7/7/2024 at 11:50 AM, revealed the privacy curtain for Resident #41 had a large brown stain to the left bottom corner.
During an interview on 7/7/2024 at 11:52 AM, Resident #41 stated the large brown stain to the bottom corner of the privacy curtain had been present awhile and was unsure of the substance.
During an observation in room [ROOM NUMBER] on 7/8/2024 at 8:10 AM, revealed the privacy curtain for Resident #41 had a large brown stain to the left bottom corner.
During an interview on 7/9/2024 at 7:31 AM, the Housekeeping Director (HD) stated privacy curtains located in the resident rooms are routinely cleaned at least quarterly and when visibly soiled. The HD confirmed the privacy curtain in room [ROOM NUMBER] should have been changed due to the presence of an unknown substance on the privacy curtain and did not reflect a clean, homelike environment for Resident #41.
The findings include:
Review of the facility's policy titled, Cleaning Assignments, dated 4/2024, revealed .maintain a neat, clean .homelike environment .
Medical record review revealed Resident #41 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] Diabetes Mellitus, Need for Assistance with Personal Care, and Muscle Weakness.
Review of a quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE], revealed Resident #41 was cognitively intact.
During an observation in room [ROOM NUMBER] on 7/7/2024 at 11:50 AM, revealed the privacy curtain for Resident #41 had a large brown stain to the left bottom corner.
During an interview on 7/7/2024 at 11:52 AM, Resident #41 stated the large brown stain to the bottom corner of the privacy curtain had been present awhile and was unsure of the substance.
During an observation in room [ROOM NUMBER] on 7/8/2024 at 8:10 AM, revealed the privacy curtain for Resident #41 had a large brown stain to the left bottom corner.
During an interview on 7/9/2024 at 7:31 AM, the Housekeeping Director (HD) stated privacy curtains located in the resident rooms are routinely cleaned at least quarterly and when visibly soiled. The HD confirmed the privacy curtain in room [ROOM NUMBER] should have been changed due to the presence of an unknown substance on the privacy curtain and did not reflect a clean, homelike environment for Resident #41.