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Incidental Medical and Dental Care Services. Once ordered by the physician, the medication is given according to the physician's directions. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on the information obtained during the course of the investigation, staff did not comply with the section cited by failing to ensure R1's Norco medication was given as prescribed, which posed an immediate health and safety and personal rights risk to R1.

Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 5 residents for R1 and R4 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Prescription medications which are not taken with the resident upon termination of services, not returned to the issuing pharmacy, nor retained in the facility as ordered by the resident’s physician and documented in the resident’s record nor disposed of according to the hospice’s established procedures or which are otherwise to be disposed of shall be destroyed in the facility by the facility administrator and one other adult who is not a resident. Based on record review, administrator did not comply with the above section by failing to dispose residents medication and supplies who are not residing at the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to residents in care.

The licensee shall notify the Department in writing within five working days of the initiation of hospice care services for any terminally ill resident in the facility or within five working days of admitting a resident already receiving hospice care services. The notice shall include the resident's name and date of admission to the facility and the name and address of the hospice. Based on record review, administrator did not comply with the above section by failing to report R1 being in hospice, which poses an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to residents in care.