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Inspection visit

Health inspection

LAKELAND HILLS CENTERCMS #1052831 citation on this visit
1 citation recorded

Inspector’s narrative

What the inspector wrote

This survey cited 1 deficiency. The full statement and the facility’s plan of correction follow, verbatim from the federal record.

F 0677 Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Based on observations, interviews, and record review the facility failed to provide care and services for bathing and toileting, supervision, and monitoring for one resident (#1) of nine sampled residents. Residents Affected - Few Findings include: A review of Resident #1's clinical chart, the admission Record, reflected an admission of 02/2019, with a readmission of 02/11/2023. The diagnosis information included: acute and chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, need for assistance with personal care, metabolic encephalopathy, and repeated falls. On 07/17/2023 at 9:40 a.m., in the middle of the hall outside of Resident #1's room, a strong old urine smell was observed. Resident #1 was observed in bed, her head of bed was raised approximately 45 degrees. A strong urine smell was noticeable while standing at the end of the bed. Resident #1's sheets at the bottom of her bed, the bottom sheet was observed to have light, dried yellow staining. The bed had a disposable chuck pad under her bottom, which could be seen at the edge of the mattress. She stated she had not been up, and that she was waiting on her medication. She said she sometimes had help to go to the bathroom. A wheelchair (w/c) was observed at bedside. Resident #1 indicated she drank a lot of water. Four (4) Styrofoam cups were observed on the bedside table and bedside nightstand. She lifted one of the cups with effort. She reported she had water. On 07/17/2023 at 10:22 a.m., Staff A, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), was observed outside of Resident #1's room. She indicated sometimes Resident #1 would self-propel her w/c into the bathroom for use. The resident wears a brief. Sometimes staff will assist as necessary. On 07/18/2023 at 9:05 a.m., an observation was conducted in the middle of the hall, outside of Resident #1's room. The odor in the hall was a light, old urine odor. Resident #1 was observed in her bed. On 07/18/2023 at 11:15 a.m., an interview was conducted with the Housekeeping Manager. Resident #1's bed was observed with the Housekeeping Manager. Resident #1's bed was observed to have a saturated and yellowed disposable chuck present on the bed with the bed control on the chuck. Photographic evidence was obtained. Resident #1 was observed to be sitting in her wheelchair (w/c) at bedside. On 07/18/2023 at 11:20 a.m., an interview was conducted with Staff A, LPN, she was standing outside of Resident #1's room at her medication cart. Staff A, LPN indicated Resident #1 needed assistance to get herself out of bed. She stated, She does not transfer herself. An observation of Resident #1's bed was conducted with Staff A, LPN. The top sheet and blanket were pulled back to see a 2nd (continued on next page) Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation. LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE TITLE (X6) DATE FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Facility ID: If continuation sheet Page 1 of 3 Event ID: 105283 Printed: 05/28/2026 Form Approved OMB No. 0938-0391 Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES AND PLAN OF CORRECTION (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION 105283 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 07/18/2023 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Lakeland Hills Center 610 E Bella Vista Dr Lakeland, FL 33805 For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency. (X4) ID PREFIX TAG SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0677 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Residents Affected - Few disposable chuck, also observed to be wet. Staff A, LPN stated that Staff B, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) was the resident's assigned aide. On 07/18/2023 at 11:30 a.m., Staff B, CNA was interviewed. She stated she worked 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. She confirmed Resident #1 was on her assignment. She stated, Resident #1 will wear a brief, the resident will transfer herself out of bed, go to the bathroom; clean herself up; bag the used brief. We have to assist her back in bed. For changing her, it will depend on her mood. I usually check her every 2 hours. Staff B, CNA stated she last laid eyes on Resident #1 between 9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m., she was in her w/c in the hallway. At this time, Resident #1's room was observed with Staff B, CNA. Resident #1's bed was observed to have the top blanket ½ pulled back. A new extra cloth and disposable chuck was observed on the bed. The room was observed to have an odor of urine. Staff B, CNA confirmed the odor. She stated she would change the sheets and was observed to start to pull the bottom sheet, top sheet, and blanket off of the bed. The mattress was observed to have a plastic covering. During these observations, Resident #1 continued to sit at bedside in her w/c. The observations ended at 11:38 a.m. A review of Resident #1's Minimum Data Set, quarterly assessment, dated 06/02/2023, in Section G, Functional Status, Resident #1 was coded a 1 for Self-Performance, which indicated Supervision-oversight, encouragement or cueing; and 2 for Support, which meant one-person physical assist in the areas of bed mobility, transfer, dressing, toilet use, and personal hygiene. In the Bathing, the assessment documented the resident's self-performance was she needed physical help in part of bathing activity with the support of one-person physical assist. A review of Resident #1's Care Plan documented a focus areas as follows: Cognition: The resident has impaired cognitive function/dementia or impaired thought processes and impaired decision making, difficulty making decisions, other: History of epilepsy, initiated on 12/11/2019. The resident has an ADL (Activities of Daily Living) self-care performance deficit as evidenced by, initiated 04/16/2021. Interventions included: AM/ HS Routine Care: Provide assistance as needed to perform ADL functions including but not limited to bed mobility, personal hygiene, Oral care, bathing, dressing, transferring, feeding, toileting. Encourage to perform at highest functional level, initiated 12/05/2019. Resident can help with some ADLs but needs physical help from staff to help complete task. Encourage resident to participate at highest level. Provide assistance required to complete task and document, initiated 12/05/2019. Bladder: Incontinent, initiated 12/13/2019. Bowel: Incontinent, initiated 12/13/2019. Bathing: Offer/ Provide with a sponge bath when not a scheduled bath day or unable to tolerate or accepts scheduled bathe, initiated 12/05/2019. (continued on next page) FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 105283 If continuation sheet Page 2 of 3 Printed: 05/28/2026 Form Approved OMB No. 0938-0391 Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES AND PLAN OF CORRECTION (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION 105283 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 07/18/2023 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Lakeland Hills Center 610 E Bella Vista Dr Lakeland, FL 33805 For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency. (X4) ID PREFIX TAG SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0677 Bathing: The resident requires assist of 1, initiated 12/05/2019. Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Bathing: The resident requires set up with supervision, initiated 12/05/2019. Residents Affected - Few On 07/18/2023 at 10:29 a.m., an interview was conducted with the Director of Nursing (DON) and the Assistant Director of Nursing. The DON indicated the shower schedule for residents was each resident has 2 shower days. It is put in the CNA's task electronically. She indicated there were no shower sheets. But there is a shower schedule, each of the nursing station has a copy of the schedule. The DON stated, the aides should document if a resident refuses a shower in the POC (point of care) kiosk. A review of the facility shower schedule indicated Resident #1's shower schedule would be Tuesday and Friday, to be completed by the 7am-3pm shift. Further review of the schedule reflected the following verbiage: You won't have shower/bed baths scheduled every day you work, so please complete the showers/ bed baths that are scheduled. Several attempts should be made to encourage residents to shower on their assigned days. If the resident declines their shower/ bed bath, don't forget to document in POC (point of care). A review of Resident #1's shower history for, 06/02/2023 thru 07/18/2023 revealed the following: Resident #1 had the following entries, and lack of entries: 06/02/2023, (Friday), Resident Refused. 06/06/2023, (Tuesday), and 06/09/2023 (Friday), No documentation was present. 06/13/2023, (Tuesday), and 06/16/2023 (Friday), No documentation was present. 06/20/2023, (Tuesday), Bed Bath documented; 06/23/2023 (Friday), No documentation was present. 06/27/2023, (Tuesday), Resident Refused; 06/30/2023 (Friday), No documentation was present. 07/04/2023, (Tuesday), Resident Refused; 07/07/2023 (Friday), No documentation was present. 07/11/2023, (Tuesday), Bed Bath documented; 07/14/2023 (Friday), Resident Refused. 07/18/2023, (Tuesday), Resident not available. The shower entries were reviewed and confirmed with the DON on 07/18/2023 at 4:26 p.m. A total of 14 shower opportunity dates, of which seven (7) had no documentation that a shower was offered. It was also noted the shower date of 07/18/2023 was completed by Staff B, CNA at 12:29, which she indicated the resident was not available. Resident #1 had been observed in her room, in her wheelchair at her bedside on 07/18/2023 at 11:20 a.m. FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 105283 If continuation sheet Page 3 of 3

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Citations

1 citation recorded*CMS

What do CMS severity letters mean?

Serious (G-L). Actual harm to a resident, or immediate jeopardy. Codes G through I indicate actual harm; J through L indicate immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety.

General (A-F). No actual harm found, or harm that is minimal. The facility must still submit a Plan of Correction. Most CMS citations land here.

Each letter combines severity with scope: how many residents the deficiency affected.

  • 0677GeneralS&S Dpotential for harm

    F677 - A resident who is unable to carry out activities of daily living receives

    Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

FAQ · About this visit

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What happened during the July 18, 2023 survey of LAKELAND HILLS CENTER?

This was a inspection survey of LAKELAND HILLS CENTER on July 18, 2023. The surveyor cited 1 deficiency, recorded on the federal Form 2567 statement of deficiencies.

Were any deficiencies cited at LAKELAND HILLS CENTER on July 18, 2023?

Yes, 1 deficiency was cited, each with a CMS Scope and Severity grade. The first was: "Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable."

What type of survey was this?

This was a inspection survey conducted by state surveyors under federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight. Findings are published on CMS Care Compare.

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