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32 | Facility did not release resident records to responsible party
On 4/1/22 LPAs reviewed R1’s physician and death reports, Identification/Emergency Contact and there was no emergency contact or Conservator/Power of Attorney listed in the resident file. On 4/1/22 LPAs conducted an interview with Administrator Greg Becker regarding the above allegation. He stated resident has been in the facility since 2016. He stated the resident had became ill and had to move to skill nursing. He stated the resident had passed away at the skill nursing. He stated had checked R1’s file and there was no Conservatorship or POA on file. On 4/1/22 LPA spoke the Social Worker (SW) from the skilled nursing facility. SW stated resident was admitted on 1/8/21 and was there for 1 year. SW stated R1 and later had passed away. SW stated resident did not have an emergency contact on file and they conducted their own investigation and did not find any POA or emergency contact.
Facility staff failed to notify residents reporting party of an incident.
On 4/1/22 LPAs conducted an interview with Greg Becker, the Administrator. He stated R1 had moved to a skilled nursing facility on 1/8/21 and was notified that R1 had passed. He stated R1 did not have any Conservatorship or POA on record to notify of R1’s passing. On 4/1/22 LPAs conducted an interview with SW and stated based on records review for R1 and there was no Emergency Contact or Conservatorship on file. SW also stated did not receive any notification or was contact that R1 had any type of POA.
Based on interviews conducted and records review, although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violations did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is unsubstantiated.
An exit interview was conducted with Greg Becker, and a hard copy was provided. |