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32 | Regarding to the allegation of- staff are mismanaging resident's medications, the reporting party stated that facility staff did not administered the medication that was prescribed by R1's physician.
As part of the investigation, LPA interviewed facility Medication Technicians (med tech) and a witness who had knowledge of this allegation.
According to the med techs, during R1's stay, they followed the physician's order, however, the responsible party took R1 to medical appointments and did not communicate the new orders upon return. In addition, when the facility learned about an new medication was prescribed, it took longer for the pharmacy to fill it as the ordering physician was from another city and the pharmacy needed to get an authorization before dispensing the medication.
According to the witness, facility staff tried to reconcile R1's medication several times but the responsible party was never satisfied and one of the contributing factor was the responsible party took R1 to medical appointments and did not communicate to the facility staff of any new physician's order(s).
Medication records received and reviewed.
After the investigation, this allegation is deemed to be unsubstantiated.
Regarding to the allegation of- staff are not properly trained, the reporting party stated that staff are not properly trained on feeding resident in memory care and transfers.
As part of the investigation, LPA interviewed the former administrator who denied the allegation and stated that facility staff were trained on providing care to residents with Dementia and other topics such as steps to take when resident has a change of condition related to behaviors, response time, alert charting/ incident reporting, Dementia Care, Assisting Medications, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorder, etc.
Based on the documents provided, LPA observed the completion of staff training.
In addition, LPA interviewed the responsible party of the other residents and all of them reported that they did not have any concerns with staff providing care to their loved ones.
After the investigation, this allegation is deemed to be unsubstantiated.
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