Aqua Ridge of Montclair

Title 22, Division 6 Chapter 887468.2 (a)(1)(a) In addition to the rights listed in Section 87468.1, Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities, residents in...facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights:(1)To have a reasonable level of personal privacy in accommodations, medical treatment, personal care and assistance, visits, communications, telephone conversations,,,and meetings of resident and family groups.This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interviews and observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring that the residents have reasonable level of personal privacy in accommodation and visits which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persolns in care.

Personnel Requirements - General(a) Facility personnel shall at all times be sufficient in numbers, and competent to provide the services necessary to meet resident needs. In facilities licensed for sixteen or more, sufficient support staff shall be employed to ensure provision of personal assistance and care as required in Section 87608, Postural Supports. Additional staff shall be employed as necessary to perform office work, cooking, house cleaning, laundering, and maintenance of buildings, equipment and grounds.This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interviews the licensee did comply with Personnel Requirements regulation, by ensuring staff to be competent to provide the services necessary to meet resident needs, which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.

87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities...(3) To be free from punishment, humiliation, intimidation, abuse, or other actions of a punitive nature, such as withholding residents’ money or interfering with daily living functions such as eating, sleeping, or elimination. Based on observation the licensee did not comply with personal rights regulation which LPA found insect (cockroach) in Room#1 in R#2 room floor, which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.

87468.1 Personal Rights of Residents in All Facilities...(a) Residents in all residential care facilities for the elderly shall have all of the following personal rights:...(2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment.This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interviews the licensee did accord R#1 with comfortable accommodations and furnishings, which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.

87303 Maintenance and Operation...(a) The facility shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times. Maintenance shall include provision of maintenance services and procedures for the safety and well-being of residents, employees and visitors...(1) Floor surfaces in bath, laundry and kitchen areas shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary, and odorless condition.This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interviews the licensee did comply with Maintenance and Operation regulation, by maintaining facility clean, sanitary, and odorless condition. which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring that the medication for resident #5 (R5) was properly logged and tracked as to the accuracy of the date of administration which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

87465 (d)(3) Incidental Medical and Dental Care (d) If the resident is unable to determine his/her own need for a prescription... or nonprescription PRN medication, and is unable to...: (3) The date and time the PRN medication...This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based upon interview and record review, the Licensee/Administrator did not comply with the section cited above by not administering the water pill according to the physician’s orders, which posed an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights risk to resident in care.

87217(b) Safeguards for Resident Cash, Personal Property, and Valuables.(b) Every facility shall take appropriate measures to safeguard residents' cash resources, personal property and valuables which have been entrusted to the licensee or facility staff. The licensee shall give the residents receipts for all such articles or cash resources.

87411(a) - PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS - GENERAL (a) Facility personnel shall at all times be sufficient in numbers, and competent to provide the services necessary to meet resident needs...This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on records review, interviews with residents and staff; the licensee did not ensure there is enough staff on schedule to meet the needs of the residents.

Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring that cleaning supplies, toxins, sharps, and other dangerous items were kept in a secure area or locked cabinets inaccessible to residents in care which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.