F 0805
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual
needs.
Based on clinical record review, facility dietary manual review, observations, and staff interviews, it was
determined that the facility failed to provide a meal that was designed to meet the needs of residents
requiring a mechanical soft meal, and failed to provide a pureed meal for one of three residents reviewed
(Resident 1).
Findings include:
Review of the facility's dietary manual, section titled, Menus, revealed the facility's policy stated, .Menus are
implemented by the Dietary Manager in conjunction with the Dietician . Further, review of subsection titled,
Mechanical Soft Diet, stated, Purpose: The mechanical diet is modified in consistency to reduce the
amount of chewing required to consume food.
Review of the planned menu for April 22, 2025, lunch meal, revealed the mechanical soft lunch was to
include ground chicken enchilada casserole and ground black beans.
Review of the recipe for the chicken enchilada casserole revealed it included the instructions of, Mechanical
Soft Steps: Remove desired number of servings to chop for the mechanical soft diets. Use a knife/fork or
processor to chop foods to the desired consistency.
Observation of the lunch meal service on April 22, 2025, revealed mechanical soft meals were served a
chicken enchilada with chopped meat inside of a flour tortilla. The flour tortilla was served whole; not cut or
chopped. Observations of the black beans served revealed they were served whole, not ground.
During a staff interview on April 24, 2025, at approximately 2:30 PM, the Nursing Home Administrator
(NHA) confirmed that the planned menu textures should have been followed as identified on the menu.
Review of Resident 1's clinical record revealed diagnoses that included diabetes type II (decreased ability
of the body to produce and utilize insulin) and essential hypertension (elevated/high blood pressure).
Review of Resident 1's interdisciplinary progress notes revealed a note dated April 22, 2025, at 1:01 PM,
by Employee 1 (Social Services), that stated, .[Resident 1] has been downgraded to puree texture [sic] [due
to] difficulty swallowing pills .
Review of Resident 1's physician orders revealed a diet order entered by Employee 4 (Registered
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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.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER
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Event ID:
395347
Printed: 05/15/2026
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
395347
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/24/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Oak Hill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
1020 North Union Street
Middletown, PA 17057
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 0805
Nurse) on April 22, 2025 at 8:01, for Liberalized Renal diet, Puree texture, Thin Liquids consistency.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Review of meal tickets (paper utilized by dietary staff to identify a residents' dietary needs, ordered texture,
likes, dislikes, and other dietary requests) provided by Employee 2 (Director of Food Services) revealed the
meal tickets were printed on April 22, 2025.
Residents Affected - Few
Review of Resident 1's meal ticket revealed it identified Resident 1's diet as Pureed, Liberalized Renal.
Observation of lunch meal tray-line service on April 22, 2025, at approximately 11:30 AM, revealed the
dietary slip for Resident 1 was dated (printed) on April 19, 2025. Observation of the dietary slip revealed it
had Resident 1's diet listed as Regular, which was crossed out with, MS (mechanical soft) written above.
Subsequent observation of tray-line service revealed that the tray prepared for Resident 1 was a
mechanical-soft texture diet.
Observation of meal tray delivery on April 22, 2025, at approximately 12:00 PM, revealed Resident 1 was
served the mechanical soft diet in the presence of Employee 3 (Speech Therapist).
During a staff interview at approximately 12:05 PM, Employee 3 revealed that Resident 1 was being
observed by Employee 3 for the lunch meal to observe how Resident 1 tolerated consuming the puree diet.
During the interview, Employee 3 revealed she was the staff that initiated the change to Resident 1's diet
texture due to Resident 1 having difficulty swallowing food and Resident 1 not fully clearing food from her
mouth as she was eating. Employee 3 stated that Resident 1 should have received a puree diet.
At approximately 12:20 PM, Resident 1's meal tray was replaced with a puree texture meal tray.
During a staff interview at that time, Employee 3 stated that, based on her professional judgement,
Resident 1 was not able to safely consume the mechanical-soft texture meal. During the staff interview,
Employee 3 stated that once the change to Resident 1's dietary order was made, a Dietary Communication
Form, was completed and copies were provided to the unit licensed nurse, the dietary department, and the
Director of Rehabilitation.
During a staff interview on April 22, 2025, at approximately 1:15 PM, Employee 2 stated that the meal
tickets are typically printed at the beginning of the week and used for duration of the week. During the
interview, Employee 2 stated that changes to diets are typically made on the meal tickets as they are
received by dietary.
During a staff interview on April 22, 2025, at approximately 2:30 PM, the NHA confirmed that Resident 1
should have received a puree textured.
28 Pa code 201.18(b)(1)(3) Management
28 Pa code 211.6(a) Dietary services
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