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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
OMB NO. 0938-0391
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X1) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
A. BUILDING: ___________
B. WING: _______________
056272
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
02/07/2018
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH CARE
1477 Grove St
San Francisco, CA 94117
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INITIAL COMMENTS
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PROVIDER'S PLAN OF CORRECTION
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DEFICIENCY)
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The following reflects the findings of the
California Department of Public Health during
an Abbreviated Standard Survey.
The inspection was limited to the specific
complaint investigated and does not represent
the findings of a full inspection of the facility.
For Complaint no. CA00511870 regarding
Admission, Transfer & Discharge Rights,
the Department substantiated a violation of
Federal regulations and a Class B citation was
issued.
Representing the California Department of
Public Health:
Surveyor 31983, Health Facilities Evaluator
Nurse
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POLICY TO PERMIT READMISSION
BEYOND BED-HOLD
CFR(s): 483.15(e)(1)(2)
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03/07/2018
(e)(1) Permitting residents to return to facility.
A facility must establish and follow a written
policy on permitting residents to return to the
facility after they are hospitalized or placed on
therapeutic leave. The policy must provide for
the following.
(i) A resident, whose hospitalization or
therapeutic leave exceeds the bed-hold period
under the State plan, returns to the facility to
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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.
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NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
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SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH CARE
1477 Grove St
San Francisco, CA 94117
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their previous room if available or immediately
upon the first availability of a bed in a semiprivate room if the resident(A) Requires the services provided by the
facility; and
(B) Is eligible for Medicare skilled nursing
facility services or Medicaid nursing facility
services.
(ii) If the facility that determines that a resident
who was transferred with an expectation of
returning to the facility, cannot return to the
facility, the facility must comply with the
requirements of paragraph (c) as they apply to
discharges.
(e)(2) Readmission to a composite distinct part.
When the facility to which a resident returns is
a composite distinct part (as defined in §
483.5), the resident must be permitted to return
to an available bed in the particular location of
the composite distinct part in which he or she
resided previously. If a bed is not available in
that location at the time of return, the resident
must be given the option to return to that
location upon the first availability of a bed
there.
This REQUIREMENT is not met as evidenced
by:
Based on interview and record review, the
facility failed to readmit one resident (Resident
1) after he was transferred to a General Acute
Care Hospital (GACH) on 8/27/16. This refusal
to readmit Resident 1 violated his right to return
to the facility.
Findings:
Resident 1 was admitted with diagnoses
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NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH CARE
1477 Grove St
San Francisco, CA 94117
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including dementia (degenerative cognitive
impairment affecting memory, judgment,
behavior, and physical function) and
schizophrenia (mental disorder characterized
by disordered thinking and faulty understanding
or perception of reality).
Record review on 12/9/16 and 12/19/16 of
Resident 1's Care Plans at the facility indicated
he had multiple behaviors of verbal and
physical aggression toward other residents and
staff, with actions noted to redirect and manage
these behaviors.
Document review on 12/16/16 of,
"Management of Complex Psychiatric and
Mental-Health [sic] Needs of Residents in All
Health Care Settings", at
http://www.hcanj.org/files/2013/10/seminarsconvention2011-3.pdf noted wandering,
agitation, and catastrophic reactions (person
with dementia has severe emotional reaction
not appropriate for situations) are common
behaviors in those with dementia.
During an interview with concurrent record
review on 12/9/16 at 11 am with the
Administrator and Director of Nursing (DON),
they stated that Resident 1 had verbal and
physical incidents of aggression towards
others. The latest incident that occurred on
8/27/16, Resident 1 attacked another frail, postoperative cardiac surgery resident by hitting the
other resident on the chest/midsection with the
walker. The Administrator stated the facility
was not taking him back so no 30 day notice
was provided.
Record review of the Licensed Nurse's Notes
dated 8/27/16 at 3:23 PM indicated staff
notified the Physician on Call and the Medical
Director for transfer to the General Acute care
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SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH CARE
1477 Grove St
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Hospital (GACH) Emergency Room for
psychiatric evaluation and treatment via
Welfare and Institution Code Section 5150.
Section 5150 is a section of the California
Welfare and Institutions Code the (LantermanPetris-Short Act or "LPS") which authorizes a
qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily
confine a person suspected to have a mental
disorder that makes them a danger to
themselves, a danger to others, or gravely
disabled.
Record review of the facility policy and
procedure titled, Notice of a Transfer and/or
Discharge dated April 2011 indicated in the
policy statement, "Our facility shall provide a
resident and /or the resident's representative
(sponsor) with a thirty (30) day written notice of
an impending transfer or discharge."
Record review of the GACH's Transfer
Summary electronically signed by MD 1 on
9/16/16 for Resident 1 indicated, "He (Resident
1) has been stable and only intermittently
agitated (but not physically violent) since he
was admitted..." The section under "Brief
History Leading to this Hospitalization"
indicated Resident 1 had psychotic features
(unclear psychiatric history) was presented to
the ED with concerns about aggressive
behavior at the SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility).
The Transfer Summary stated, "The patient
(Resident 1) was initially placed on 5150 for
intent to harm another person and transported
via EMS (Emergency Medical System) to the
ED (Emergency Dept.) He was seen in the ED
by psychiatry, and the 5150 was cleared.
According to his SNF, the patient had no recent
illness and no recent changes to his
medications. When his 5150 was cleared, the
SNF ( the facility) deferred accepting this
patient (Resident 1) again and requested
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STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH CARE
1477 Grove St
San Francisco, CA 94117
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placement at an institution that was better
equipped to care for the aggressive behaviors
associated with the patient's dementia."
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