COVID-19 check·January 28, 2022

Licensing Program Analyst Ryker Heberle (LPA) arrived at the facility approximately 1:50pm to open a complaint investigation. Upon arrival at the facility, LPA confirmed with staff on-site that the facility had a COVID positive resident. LPA spoke with Facility administrators Lilette Rosete and Michael Rosete (Admins) to collect more information on COVID positives at the facility. Admins confirmed that 1 resident is currently COVID positive at the facility. Admins stated that the facility had its first case of COVID positivity 01/26/2022. Admins clarified that 1 additional resident was sent to the hospital with symptoms of COVID, where they were diagnosed as positive. Resident at the hospital has not yet returned to the facility. LPA asked Admins whether or not the COVID positives were reported to licensing, Admins stated that the facility had not yet reported the positivity to licensing. An unusual incident report was not submitted within 24 hours of first confirmed positive nor was the regional office called. Deficiency cited. See 809-D for details. Report was reviewed with Administrator Michael Rosete and a copy of this report was provided.