complaint·April 25, 2024

LPA reviewed the following documents: Admissions agreement, preappraisal, care plan, medical assessment (602) and recorded care report for R1. The LPA interviewed R1. LPA investigated the allegation, “Staff are not assisting to change resident's clothes regularly”. Documents reviewed indicated that R1 was assessed at the onset of placement for the need for assistance with dressing. R1’s medical assessment indicates that the resident needs assistance with dressing. R1’s care plan indicated that the facility would be providing the resident with assistance with daily dressing two times a day because the resident has use of only the left side due to a stroke. Client interview revealed that the resident was not assisted in changing their clothing for four days, and this has occurred on more than one occasion. R1 could not remember the specific dates in which the previous incidents occurred. R1 indicated that when a specific staff is not present at work R1 is not assisted with changing their clothing. LPA reviewed the residents Recorded Care report for the last two months at the facility. A review of this record indicates that this tool is not being utilized at the facility to document that the facility staff have completed the tasks with residents. The documentation within this document is inconsistent and sporadic with documentation of the completed tasks.