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Allegation: Resident's room does not have adequate heater.
It was alleged that the heater in R1’s room does not work, and staff brought in a temporary heater which is not adequate. FM1 was interviewed on 3/25/21 who stated that R1 told FM1 that wall heater on R1’s room was not working on 3/14/21 and the staff only brought in the floor heater that day and it was not working either. LPA verified and FM1 said the wall heater was still not working but the floor heater was already working, On 3/26/21 and 12/01/21, LPA conducted inspection. LPA observed on 3/26/21 that R1’s room was vacated as R1 moved to Memory Care Unit on the night of 3/25/21. LPA observed the heater working. LPA was not able to obtain information from R1. On 3/26/21, LPA interviewed Ruth Ocon, the Executive Director during that time who stated she never received any complaint about heater not working. On 12/01/21, LPA interviewed R2 who at that time was on the room vacated by R1 stated the temperature in the room is okay and the heater is working. R3 stated the heater in R3's room is working,
Based upon interviews and inspection conducted, the Department has investigated the above allegation and found as unsubstantiated. A finding that the complaint allegation is unsubstantiated means that although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of the evidence to prove that the alleged violation occurred.
Allegation: Staff denied resident the right to reasonable visitations.
It was alleged that staff denied the family member visits to R1 under any condition, even though everyone in the facility is already vaccinated for Covid-19. On 3/25/21, LPA interviewed FM1 who stated that they were allowed to get inside R1's room when they were moving-in R1's furniture on 3/12/21. They were told the facility has 2 positive cases, and that they cannot visit. However, when R1's other family members went to the facility on 3/14/21, they were allowed to get in. FM1 stated there's a lot of confusion in regards to visitation, and that were not told about window and/or virtual visitations. They were only allowed to visit Tuesday, 3/16/21. LPA reviewed facility history of Covid-19 positive cases which showed a case was reported on 3/09/21, 2 days before R1 moved-in. LPA interviewed Ruth Ocon on 3/26/21 who stated when the facility has Covid case, they are not allowing visitation until Public Health clears the facility. However, when there's new admission, they are allowing the family to come inside on the day of move-in, so they can set-up the room, and move-in some stuff the resident will need.
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