Bella Cortina Residential Care Facility

Incidental Medical and Dental Care: (a) A plan for incidental medical & dental care shall be developed by each facility. The plan shall encourage routine medical & dental care & provide for assistance in obtaining such care, by compliance with the following: (4) The licensee shall assist residents with self-administered medications as needed. This requirement was not met, as evidenced by: Based on interviews and records, R1 was administered the wrong medications on 10/09/2024 resulting in a hospitalization.

Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [1] out of [4] staff members who did not have an appropriate criminal record clearance prior to working in the facility. LPAs observed S5 to be present and working at the facility; however, the individual did not have a fingerprint clearance. This poses an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to persons in care.

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [1] out of [1] staff members who did not have the required training completed. S2 did not have current Dementia training, postural support training or hospice training on file. S2 had 1.25 hours of restricted healthcare training. This violation poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to persons in care.

Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [2] out of [5] staff files that were not available. No staff file was available for S3 or S5. This poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to persons in care.

Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to record review and interview revealing the CPR/First Aid certification for Staff #1 is expired, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to LPA finding that staff dispensed medication this morning (8/29/2023) and did not document assistance with medication on MAR, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.