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32 | Regional Manager (RM), Jill Nakata and Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Jeralyn Pfannenstiel called the facility and conducted an interview with the medication staff, Staff #2 (S2) on the morning of 9/3/2022, to confirm there was sufficient staffing at the facility at that time; and, if there were sufficient projected staff for the upcoming NOC shift and the following days. Thereafter, at 9:45 a.m., the RM and LPM spoke with Janyce Pink, assistant administrator. The assistant administrator stated that they were not made aware of the staffing issue until the police notified the owner and made them aware. It was stated that staff are supposed to give a four-hour notice if they are going to call off for their shift so that the facility can find sufficient coverage; however, this did not occur in this instance. Two of the regular NOC shift staff were off due to illness and they were allegedly replaced with two Home Care Staff who failed to report for duty. As a result, there was only S1 on duty. In addition, the assistant administrator stated that S1 was new, but they should have tried to reach them by phone more than just once. The assistant administrator was able to confirm that they would have sufficient staffing over the long holiday weekend. She stated that if there is an instance when the NOC shift staff will be unavailable, the PM staff are often able to stay a little longer until a replacement staff can be found for the NOC shift.
Based on the information received, it was confirmed that the facility lacked staff presence in the facility and on-duty supervision from approximately 1:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m., which is a violation of Title 22 Regulations.
Pursuant to Title 22 of the CA Code of Regulations, the following deficiencies were cited (refer to LIC 809-D):
Exit interview conducted, today's report and appeal rights were reviewed and issued. An immediate Civil penalty was issued.
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