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The following reflects the findings of the
California Department of Public Health during
an abbreviated standard survey to investigate a
complaint from October 13, 2017 to November
3, 2017.
Complaint Number: CA00556559
Representing the California Department of
Public Health: 38215
Census: 45
Sampled Residents: 3
An Immediate Jeopardy [(IJ), a crisis which has
threatened or is likely to threaten the health
and safety of a resident.] was called under
483.20, Resident Assessment (refer to F 279)
on October 24, 2017 at 3:47 PM, and verbally
notified in the presence of the Director of
Nursing.
The facility failed to monitor one of three
sampled residents (Resident A) and prevent
him from wandering to another resident's room
where he obtained a sandwich that had been
left on the resident's table. Resident A choked
on the sandwich, on October 8, 2017 at 1:30
PM, requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR-an emergency procedure in which the
heart and lungs are made to work by
compressing the chest overlying the heart and
forcing air into lungs.)
The corrective action plan was reviewed and
following observations, interviews, and record
reviews, the IJ was lifted in the presence of the
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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
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Director of Nursing and Regional Nurse
Consultant on October 25, 2017 at 12:37 PM.
F279
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DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE CARE PLANS
CFR(s): 483.20(d);483.21(b)(1)
F279
483.20
(d) Use. A facility must maintain all resident
assessments completed within the previous 15
months in the resident’s active record and use
the results of the assessments to develop,
review and revise the resident’s comprehensive
care plan.
483.21
(b) Comprehensive Care Plans
(1) The facility must develop and implement a
comprehensive person-centered care plan for
each resident, consistent with the resident
rights set forth at §483.10(c)(2) and §483.10(c)
(3), that includes measurable objectives and
timeframes to meet a resident's medical,
nursing, and mental and psychosocial needs
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attain or maintain the resident's highest
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practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial
well-being as required under §483.24, §483.25
or §483.40; and
(ii) Any services that would otherwise be
required under §483.24, §483.25 or §483.40
but are not provided due to the resident's
exercise of rights under §483.10, including the
right to refuse treatment under §483.10(c)(6).
(iii) Any specialized services or specialized
rehabilitative services the nursing facility will
provide as a result of PASARR
recommendations. If a facility disagrees with
the findings of the PASARR, it must indicate its
rationale in the resident’s medical record.
(iv)In consultation with the resident and the
resident’s representative (s)(A) The resident’s goals for admission and
desired outcomes.
(B) The resident’s preference and potential for
future discharge. Facilities must document
whether the resident’s desire to return to the
community was assessed and any referrals to
local contact agencies and/or other appropriate
entities, for this purpose.
(C) Discharge plans in the comprehensive care
plan, as appropriate, in accordance with the
requirements set forth in paragraph (c) of this
section.
This REQUIREMENT is not met as evidenced
by:
Based on interview and record review, the
facility failed to implement their care plan for
one of three sampled residents (Resident A) for
wandering into other residents' rooms and for
grabbing snacks and putting them in his mouth.
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This failure resulted in Resident A wandering
into another resident's room, where he grabbed
a sandwich, choked and collapsed. Resident A
required cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPRan emergency procedure in which the heart
and lungs are made to work by compressing
the chest overlying the heart and forcing air into
the lungs) and is now on a ventilator (a
machine that helps someone breathe) in the
acute care hospital.
Findings:
The clinical record for Resident A was
reviewed. A document titled, "Admission
Record" dated October 13, 2017, indicated
Resident A was admitted on June 8, 2015, with
diagnoses of dementia (a condition of
progressive memory loss), schizophrenia (a
mental condition with distorted thought
disorder), and depression.
During an interview with Certified Nursing
Assistant 1 (CNA 1) on October 13, 2017 at
9:45 AM, she stated,"He [Resident A] goes to
everybody's room, gets other resident's food
and had been doing that for a long time. He
was not on one on one supervision."
During an interview with CNA 2 on October 13,
2017 at 3:30 PM, he stated, "He goes from
room to room. He gets trays from other
residents during mealtime. Only the nurse on
the floor supervises a section of the facility. He
needs a one on one supervision."
A review of Resident A's care plans reflected
Resident A had been identified as being at risk
for choking and had three episodes of choking
as follows:
a. Care plan dated March 17, 2016, reflected
Resident A "...grabbing snacks from cart, will
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put all snacks in his mouth at one time."
b. Care plan dated August 25, 2017, (after the
first choking incident) "Resident (Resident A) at
risk for choking, impulsive, eats fast."
c. Care plan dated September 30, 2017,
indicated, "... physical aggression, taking trays
out of other resident's hands..."
d. A care plan titled "Alteration in nutrition-risk
for choking" initiated November 18, 2016, listed
two incidents.
1. October 6, 2017, "choked on fish,"
interventions included diet changed to regular,
chopped, no bread.
2. October 8, 2017, "choked on P and J
(peanut butter and jelly) sandwich."
Further review of Resident A's care plans
indicated a behavior care plan initiated August
14, 2016, for "wandering." Interventions
included: "Will go in and out of other residents'
room. Intervene as appropriate."
The clinical record of Resident A was reviewed.
A document titled "Speech therapy" dated
August 31, 2017, indicated, "...
Recommendations, Supervision for oral
intake=close supervision ..."
During a review of the clinical record of
Resident A from the acute care hospital on
August 25, 2017, a document titled "Patient
Notes" indicated,"...Pt was seen choking by an
RT (respiratory therapist), and Heimlich
(emergency procedure to remove foreign object
from the mouth) was attempted which was
unsuccessful ...CPR was initiated ...foreign
object was removed ..."
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A review of the clinical record for Resident A
from the acute care hospital where he was
transferred on October 8, 2017, was
conducted. A document titled " Hospital course
" indicated, " ... [Resident A] has been known to
take food from other residents in the facility
...He has issues with choking and apparently
choked while eating. The staff found the
patient, unresponsive and called 911. When
paramedics arrived, the patient was in full
arrest (not breathing, no pulse)...Patient was
intubated and CPR was performed. After 25-30
minutes there was return of spontaneous
circulation ...He underwent a bronchoscopy (a
procedure to check the airways) with removal
of the food particles from the tracheo-bronchial
tree (airways going to lungs) ...He remains
intubated on mechanical ventilation (machine
that helps patient breathe) ...patient has
remained comatose (deep unconsciousness for
prolonged or indefinite period, especially as a
result of severe injury or illness).
During an interview with the Director of Nursing
(DON) on October 13, 2017 at 3:00 PM, she
stated, Resident A preferred to eat in his room
during mealtimes and was not on one to one
supervision. Only the nurse assigned on the
floor supervised the rest of the residents who
ate in their rooms. She stated the speech
therapist did not have an in-service with the
staff about his recommendations, after
Resident A's first choking incident.
The facility policy and procedure titled,
"Assistance with Meals," dated November
2010, indicated, "Residents shall receive
assistance with meals in a manner that meets
the individual needs of each residents."
An Immediate Jeopardy [(IJ), a crisis which has
threatened or is likely to threaten the health
and safety of a resident.] was called under
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483.20, Resident Assessment (refer to F 279)
on October 24, 2017 at 3:47 PM, and verbally
notified in the presence of the Director of
Nursing when the facility failed to monitor one
of three sampled residents (Resident A) and
prevent him from wandering to another
resident's room where he obtained a sandwich
that had been left on the resident's table.
Resident A choked on the sandwich, on
October 8, 2017 at 1:30 PM, requiring
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR-an
emergency procedure in which the heart and
lungs are made to work by compressing the
chest overlying the heart and forcing air into
lungs.).
The corrective action plan included:
a. Residents' snacks will be passed, they will
be allowed ample time to consume them, and if
they are not consumed within that time, snacks
will be collected and discarded due to infection
control and to protect wandering residents from
potential choking hazards. Snacks will be
available at residents' request. Snacks are kept
on snack cart in locked break room after
kitchen has closed.
b. For residents that have impulsive eating
behaviors, wandering, and with previous history
of choking, the following protocol will be
implemented:
-Physician notification.
-Request for speech therapy evaluation,
specific interventions, identified by speech
therapy or any other special services, will be
added to residents care plan.
-Dietician evaluation.
-RNA (restorative nursing assistant-a nursing
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assistant with special rehabilitation training)
feeding program.
-Resident will be monitored as indicated to
prevent future incidents.
- Care plan will be initiated or updated
accordingly, to include specific instructions
identified by speech therapist such as 1:1
observations to prevent any future potential
choking incident.
-1:1 sitter during meal periods and snack times,
to reduce risk of any unsupervised
consumption of foods, and prevent any future
choking episode.
Resident care plan will reflect interventions so
that plan of care will be evaluated per care plan
schedule and as needed.
c. All nursing staff were immediately given an
in-service on October 24, 2017.
The corrective action plan was reviewed and
following observations, interviews, and record
reviews, the IJ was lifted in the presence of the
Director of Nursing and Regional Nurse
Consultant on October 25, 2017 at 12:37 PM.
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(b) Compliance with Federal, State, and Local
Laws and Professional Standards.
The facility must operate and provide services
in compliance with all applicable Federal, State,
and local laws, regulations, and codes, and
with accepted professional standards and
principles that apply to professionals providing
services in such a facility.
(c) Relationship to Other HHS Regulations.
In addition to compliance with the regulations
set forth in this subpart, facilities are obliged to
meet the applicable provisions of other HHS
regulations, including but not limited to those
pertaining to nondiscrimination on the basis of
race, color, or national origin (45 CFR part 80);
nondiscrimination on the basis of disability (45
CFR part 84); nondiscrimination on the basis of
age (45 CFR part 91); nondiscrimination on the
basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or
disability (45 CFR part 92); protection of human
subjects of research (45 CFR part 46); and
fraud and abuse (42 CFR part 455) and
protection of individually identifiable health
information (45 CFR parts 160 and 164).
Violations of such other provisions may result
in a finding of non-compliance with this
paragraph.
This REQUIREMENT is not met as evidenced
by:
Based on interview and record review, the
facility failed to report to California Department
of Public Health (CDPH) when one of the three
sampled residents (Resident A) experienced
three choking incidents within two months. Two
of the choking incidents required
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR -an
emergency procedure in which the heart and
lungs are made to work by compressing the
chest underlying the heart and forcing air into
the lungs), the most recent resulting in
Resident A being placed on a ventilator (a
machine that helps some breathe).
Findings:
A review of Resident A's clinical record
indicated he was admitted on June 8, 2015,
with diagnoses of dementia (a condition of
progressive memory loss), schizophrenia (a
mental condition with distorted thought
disorder), and depression.
A review of the nursing progress notes
indicated Resident A had three incidents of
choking as follows:
a. On August 25, 2017, "...Staff noted patient
was non responsive. Patient did not respond to
verbal command, staff initiated the Heimlich
maneuver (emergency procedure to remove
foreign object from the mouth) was attempted
which was unsuccessful ... CPR was initiated ,
with no result. Code Blue (when pulse or
respirations are not detected) called at 1:08 PM
...chest compression initiated..."
b. On October 6 , 2017, "... he (Resident A)
was choking...the Heimlich maneuver was
initiated. Resident began to cough and food
was ejected from resident's mouth..."
c. On October 8, 2017,"...Charge nurse
assessed resident (Resident A) and noted he
was choking on a sandwich...Heimlich
maneuver was performed and was not
successful...CPR initiated..."
An interview and concurrent review of the
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facility's policy and procedure titled, "Unusual
Occurrences," undated, was conducted with
the Director of Nursing (DON) on October 13,
2017, at 10:15 AM. The policy indicated, "It is
the policy of the facility to comply with
California Code of Regulations, Title 22,
Division 5, Chapter 3, Article 5,7254:
Occurrences such as epidemic outbreaks,
poisoning, fires, major accidents, death from
unnatural causes or other catastrophes and
and unusual occurrences which threaten the
welfare, safety or health of patients, personnel
or visitors shall be reported by the facility within
24 hours..." The DON stated, that when
Resident A had the repeated incidents of
choking, and required cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, "I did not report the three
incidents to CDPH (California Department of
Public Health), I was not sure if it was
reportable or not."
FORM CMS-2567(02-99) Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID: 64U711
Facility ID: CA240000029
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