Health inspection·July 19, 2024

CREEKSIDE POST-ACUTE Intake Number: CA00902181 Provider Number: 055884 Kaili Lee, HFEN Class B Citation-Reporting of Alleged Violations §483.12 Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation The resident has the right to be free from abuse, neglect, misappropriation of resident property, and exploitation as defined in this subpart. This includes but is not limited to freedom from corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion and any physical or chemical restraint not required to treat the resident's medical symptoms. §483.12(a) The facility must- §483.12(a)(1) Not use verbal, mental, sexual, or physical abuse, corporal punishment, or involuntary seclusion. INTENT §483.12(a)(1) Each resident has the right to be free from abuse, neglect, and corporal punishment of any type by anyone. NOTE: Refer to tag F602 for misappropriation of resident property and exploitation, and F603 for cases of involuntary seclusion. DEFINITIONS §483.12(a)(1) "Abuse," is defined at §483.5 as "the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. Abuse also includes the deprivation by an individual, including a caretaker, of goods or services that are necessary to attain or maintain physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. Instances of abuse of all residents, irrespective of any mental or physical condition, cause physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. It includes verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and mental abuse including abuse facilitated or enabled through the use of technology." "Neglect," as defined at §483.5, means "the failure of the facility, its employees or service providers to provide goods and services to a resident that are necessary to avoid physical harm, pain, mental anguish or emotional distress." "Sexual abuse," is defined at §483.5 as "non-consensual sexual contact of any type with a resident." "Willful," as defined at §483.5 in the definition of "abuse," and "means the individual must have acted deliberately, not that the individual must have intended to inflict injury or harm." The facility failed to ensure one of three sampled residents (Resident 1) was free from unwanted intimate touching of her perineal area when one facility staff found Resident 2 was inside Resident 1's room with his hands noted to be inside Resident 1's diaper between her legs, and the facility did not complete Resident 2 whereabout monitoring in place to prevent this incident the sexual allegation to happen. Failure to protect Resident 1's rights to be free from sexual abuse could result in psychological harm to her. Review of Resident 1's admission record indicated she was admitted to the facility on 2/21/24 with diagnoses including late onset Alzheimer's disease (a progressive disease that affects memory and other mental functions begins after age 65) and hemiplegia (paralysis of partial or total body function on one side of the body ) and hemiparesis (is characterized by one-sided weakness, but without complete paralysis) following cerebral infarction(occurs as result of disrupted blood flow to the brain due to problems with blood vessels that supply it) affecting right dominant side. Review of Resident 1's Minimum Data Set (MDS, an assessment tool) dated 5/22/24 indicated her Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS, a tool used to have a snapshot of a resident cognitive function) was unable to complete the interview, and her cognitive skills for daily decision making were severely impaired. Review of Resident 2's admission record indicated he was admitted to the facility on 6/8/23 with diagnoses including cerebral infarction, aphasia (a language disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate), and age-related cognitive decline. Review of Resident 2's MDS dated 3/12/24 indicated his BIMS score was 7 (means severe cognitive impairment). Review of Resident 1's Situation Background Assessment Recommendation (SBAR, a verbal or written communication tool used by healthcare professional) date 5/27/24, indicated at approximately 3 p.m. same day, the receptionist found Resident 2 was at Resident 1's bedside with his hands under Resident 1's diaper and Resident 2 was stopped by receptionist then walked back to his room. The charge nurse confronted Resident 2's unacceptable behavior and started every one-hour monitoring. During an interview on 5/29/24, at 2:30 p.m., with Resident 2, he stated, "I felt bad...., because they told me I got trouble to touch the other lady." However, when asked him the detail of incident, Resident 1 indicated he could not remember. During an observation on 5/29/24, at 2:38 p.m., in Resident 1's room, she was lying in bed while eyes opened with no eye contact or verbal response after several attempts by calling her name. During an interview on 5/29/24, at 2:46 p.m. and 5/31/24 10:10 a.m., with licensed vocational nurse A (LVN A), she stated, "Resident 1 is on hospice (a program that gives special care to people who are near the end of life and have stopped treatment to cure or control their disease) with total care." LVN A also stated, on 5/27/24 at around 3:00 pm, she received a report from receptionist E that while she was passing by Resident 1's room, she saw Resident was inside Resident 1's room and Resident 2's hands were inside the diaper of Resident 1. LVN A claimed she immediately assessed Resident 1's skin and noted no redness nor discoloration. LVN A further stated, after completing Resident 1's skin assessment, she went to Resident 2's room to check Resident 2's hands and asked him why he touched Resident 1 as reported by receptionist (who found that his hands were inside Resident 1's diaper). LVN A further stated, "he told me sorry, would not do it again," and LVN A claimed Resident 2 knew what he was doing at that time of incident since she talked to him and validated this incident. LVN A confirmed this was the first time Resident 2 had the incident of touching a female resident although he had the behavior of wandering to other people's room taking food or belongings whenever no one was around. During an interview on 5/29/24, at 3:05 p.m., with receptionist E, she stated that when she passed by Resident 1's room on 5/27/24 at around 3 p.m. she saw Resident 2 was sitting on the foot of Resident 1's bed with his hands in between Resident 1's legs at "inside and beneath the diaper". During an interview on 5/31/24, at 9:30 a.m., with CNA C, she stated that she used to be Resident 2's regular CNA. CNA C also stated Resident 2 had a behavior of walking around within the facility in the afternoon and would grab other residents' food or belongings. CNA C indicated staff needed to check Resident 2's room for hoarding food or other people's belongings but admitted having not monitored Resident 2's whereabouts (location in the facility like residents' rooms where he goes to). During an interview on 5/31/24, at 11:50 a.m., with Resident 3, the roommate of Resident 1, she stated Resident 2 had walked inside their room three times in the past (could not recall the dates). Review of Resident 3's MDS dated 5/6/24 indicated her BIMS score was 15 (means intact cognitive). During an interview and record review on 5/31/24, at around 11 a.m., with the minimum data set coordinator) MDSC, the MDSC reviewed Resident 2's care plans, and she found no specific plan of care to address Resident 2's wandering behavior, there was a care plan to address his wandering around to other people's room of grabbing food or other residents' belongings. The MDSC confirmed there was no monitoring in place for Resident 2's whereabouts except his wander guard placement being checked each shift. During an interview on 5/31/24, at 12: 20 p.m., with CNA D, she stated, Receptionist E notified her first regarding the incident when Resident 2 was found inside Resident 1's room with his hands pretty much inside the diaper of Resident 1. CNA D claimed she immediately notified LVN A about it then both of them went to check Resident 1. Upon entering Resident 1's room, they saw Resident 1's blanket was already off (uncovered) Resident 1's body, and her top clothing was lifted up. CNA D also stated that before this incident on 5/27/24, she completed her resident's round at approximately 2:55 p.m., she tucked Resident 1 with a blanket to make sure she was comfortable before leaving her room. CNA D further stated, "the strange thing is when the nurse was checking on her private area it's different than usual because I clean her every day." CNA D confirmed after this sexual incident involving Resident 2, Resident 2 was placed on every one-hour monitoring on him. Review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled," Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Misappropriation Prevention Program," dated April 2021, the P&P indicated," Resident have the right to be free from abuse, neglect, misappropriation of resident property and exploitation. This include but not limit to....sexual or physical abuse...." The facility failed to protect Resident 1's rights to be free from sexual abuse and did not provide whereabout monitoring to prevent incidents in the facility. These violations had a direct or immediate relationship to the health, safety, or security of the residents.