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32 | Based on a review of the forms and documents retrieved during the course of this investigation, it was learned that this facility maintained an alarm and alert system linked to phones that were carried by the facility staff at all times while on shift. It was learned that whenever a facility resident activated their pendant or pulled the emergency pull chords within their housing units, facility staff were expected to respond and check up on the residents within a 5-7 minute time frame. It was learned that any response time exceeding 10 minutes was viewed upon as inappropriate and were reviewed by the facility management team to determine the nature of the call, response time of the facility staff, and the reason for the extended length of time that exceeded 10 minutes.
Based on a review of the forms and documents pertaining to the call system that was being employed at this time, this LPA was able to review the call requests and types, response times, and overall length of time it took for the facility personnel to complete the check up and reset the alarm.
It was learned that the facility staff were within the allotted time frame of 5-7 minutes when responding to alerts sent to their devices. It was observed that there were several calls that exceeded the 10 minute threshold but explanations were implanted onto the system noting the reason for the excess time, location where it took place, and why. It was observed that these incidents of exceeding 10 minutes were mainly due to the facility staff handling residents with activities of daily living which exceeded the 10 minutes before they were able to reset the alarm system. It was observed that on other incidents, assistance with medications, toileting, and other resident care procedures required the staff to stay beyond the 10 minute threshold before they were able to get back to the alarm unit to reset it at that time.
Based on a review of the forms and documents retrieved during the course of this investigation, it was learned that R1 obtained the services of Home Health upon admission to this facility. It was learned that from the time frame of 03/08/2024 to 05/27/2024, there were a total of 26 visits made to this facility solely to assist and provide additional care needs to R1. These types of visits conducted through the home health agency ranged from changing dressings, wound care, and physical therapy.
It was learned that out of the 26 visits made by home health agency to assess and assist with R1, there were only (4) visits noted on the home health notes completed by the attending home health personnel which noted a change in R1's condition. It was learned that (3) of those visits conducted on 03/26/2024, 04/12/2024, and 04/19/2024 noted a change in condition but were noted as improvements for R1 at those times.
The other visit conducted on 04/26/2024 noted a change in R1's condition which required hospitalization and this facility did complete and submit an Special Incident Report (SIR), or LIC 624, to this Department and the responsible party was notified as well, at that time, for the change in condition. |