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32 | 9099C-1.. Allegation: Staff do not ensure that a resident's incontinence needs are met. Allegation states that for more than one year, staff have not ensured that resident’s (R1) Depends Diapers are changed regularly as resident has been observed to be wearing soiled diapers and soiled pants on several occasions when she is visited.
LPA reviewed multiple e-mails exchangeed between resident's family member and the Administrator where the family expressed concerns that (R1) wasn’t regularly checked and provided with incontinent care.
On 12/30/23, the family member described when she was visiting and found resident to be “wearing a shirt as underwear, no Depends and a used piece of toilet paper in her sock”, which made the family member think maybe (R1) hadn't been checked on in a while, had an accident, and tried to change herself. A photo was provided to the Department matching this description.
A follow-up email was sent to the Administrator 2/3/24 and included a photo of resident wearing an incontinent pad, taped around her, instead of a “diaper”, and the pad "was undone and very bulky under her pants", which were reported to be too large as they belonged to another resident. The Administrator stated that staff will use the “tape kind” of diaper because (R1) won’t let staff take their pants or shoes off.
Resident's family member sent another email, on 3/30/24, to report she immediately noticed a soiled diaper on resident when visiting earlier that evening, and the resident’s pants were soiled also. The family member stated that, during another recent visit, resident was wearing a soiled diaper that also needed immediate changing and inquired what procedures are in place to ensure residents don’t go extended periods with soiled Depends. The Administrator responded that staff are to be “making their rounds every 2 hours”.
On 5/11/24, the family member emailed the Administrator, asking her to call her to discuss multiple concerns, and provided the Department with a summary of the concerns, which included, finding (R1) in "wet Depends" when she visited earlier that day.
On 6/3/24, the family member emailed the Administrator requesting staff check resident (R1) “more often than she currently is” being checked, stating, “More often than not when we visit her, she's in a soiled Depends and we have to request help for it”, referencing the prior day's visit when resident needed changing right away when they arrived. The family member stated that based on her conversation with resident’s day program, the facility is sending (R1) to their program in the morning in soaked depends and provided a photo of resident’s sweat pants being wet from a soaked diaper, only after being at the program for (2) hours. The Administrator responded, by email the same day, that the day program will often return residents to the community in soaked depends. *cont on 9099C-2
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