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32 | Interviews revealed in 2022, the facility did not have a chef for approximately 6 weeks, and management helped with cooking. Residents indicated there were multiple current vacancies at the facility, including administrator (which is being filled by interim corporate managers), activities director, facilities maintenance director, and personal services director. Staff interviewed stated caregivers were serving food in the kitchen without having a food handling certificate. Staff did not believe there were enough staff, especially if staff call out.
Multiple residents interviewed stated the meal service is very slow due to a lack of staffing. LPA reviewed staffing scheduled for May and June 2024. LPA observed some days have 3 dining staff total, while other days have 7 dining staff total. LPA observed on 5/17/2024, 5/18/2024, 5/25/2024, 2 staff at breakfast and lunch, but only 1 staff for dinner. On 6/13/2024, LPA observed 5 staff at breakfast, 4 staff at lunch, and 2 staff at dinner. Interim administrator stated they have 1 server and caregiver assigned for breakfast and at lunch. Residents indicated breakfast took 1.5 hours recently, and noted coffee and tea are no longer on the counter so servers have to bring the beverages, adding to the long service times. Some residents stated they don’t eat breakfast anymore because the wait was so long. One resident interviewed indicated they complained about the long service time to a server, and the server stated they were only one person. Multiple residents interviewed indicated they believe the staff are overworked and are not getting the help they need, as evidenced by the long wait times. Responsible party 3 (RP3) stated if the resident’s food is not ready when they take medication, they are unable to take their medication on time. Based on the information obtained the allegation is deemed Substantiated at this time.
On the allegation: Facility staff did not respond to residents’ call for help. It was alleged staff do not respond timely to residents’ call buttons. Administrator at the time indicated the maximum response time should be 10-mintes. LPA reviewed call button logs for October 2022. LPA reviewed 295 pages of call log summaries, with hundreds of entries. LPA observed many calls that were under the 10-minute target response time. However, LPA observed 19 calls that were 30-39 minutes; 12 calls that were 40-49 minutes; 3 calls 50-59 minutes; 4 calls 60-79 minutes; 3 calls 80-99 minutes; 3 calls 100-149 minutes; one call that was 151 minutes; one call was 1,387 minutes; and one call was 2,838 minutes. LPA reviewed an on-site in-service training sheet dated 11/10/2022 conducted my administrator at the time. Topics discussed include “pendant response times.” Another training dated 10/19/2022 reminded staff the pendant logs can be printed. It states staff cannot have calls unanswered for more than 10 minutes and notes the average response time is 7 minutes. Based on the information obtained, the allegation is deemed Substantiated at this time.
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