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Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must
establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Based on review of facility documentation and resident responsible party and staff interview, it was
determined that the facility failed to resolve resident grievances related to respect, incontinence issues, and
resident safety for one of five residents reviewed (Resident 1).
Findings include:
Review of the facility Concern Forms for the month of December 2023, revealed the Log for December
2023, had 5 concern forms submitted related to Resident 1.
Review of the Resident Concern reports related to Resident 1 revealed that all 5 were filed by her
daughter/responsible party.
Review of the concern forms for Resident 1, filed by her daughter/responsible party revealed the following:
December 12, 2023, Concern form filed related to the resident being in pants all day that had a dried urine
mark on them suggesting that they did not put her in dry pants all day. The form indicated the findings and
disposition that a toileting program would be evaluated, and a family meeting scheduled. The investigation
was completed by Employee 1 (Social services) on December 14, 2023. The form was incomplete as the
following information was left blank: was concern confirmed or not, was the responsible party notified and
how the responsible party was notified, was a written concern follow-up requested, any follow-up (if
applicable), and the Administrator's signature and date.
December 12, 2023, Concern form filed related to the resident not being changed timely on December 7,
2023, and her clothes from that date were found in a plastic bag soaked on December 8, 2023, when the
daughter came into the facility. Findings and disposition indicated that a family meeting was held with the
daughter and Resident documentation was reviewed related to toileting and staff educated. The
investigation was completed by Employee 1 (Social services) on December 13, 2023. The form was
incomplete as the following information was left blank: was concern confirmed or not, was the responsible
party notified and how the responsible party was notified, was a written concern follow-up requested, any
follow-up (if applicable), and the Administrator's signature and date.
December 17, 2023, Concern form filed related to a nurse aide and a supervisor being disrespectful to
Resident 1's daughter/responsible party. There was no signature to indicate indicating what employee was
investigating the concern. There were no findings/disposition noted on the form. The form was incomplete
as the following information was left blank: was concern confirmed or not, was the responsible party notified
and how the responsible party was notified, was a written concern follow-up
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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
REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
(X6) DATE
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Event ID:
395825
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
395825
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
01/05/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Watsontown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
245 East Eighth Street
Watsontown, PA 17777
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 0585
requested, any follow-up (if applicable), and the Administrator's signature and date.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
December 17, 2023, Concern form filed related to the resident being saturated with urine on the morning of
December 16, 2023, a discolored area noted on her back her mother was missing another tooth on her
bottom right. Employee 1 signed as the employee who investigated the concern on December 18, 2023.
She indicated in findings that staff were educated, and interdisciplinary review was done. The form was
incomplete as the following information was left blank: was concern confirmed or not, was the responsible
party notified and how the responsible party was notified, was a written concern follow-up requested, any
follow-up (if applicable), and the Administrator's signature and date.
Residents Affected - Few
December 17, 2023, Concern form filed related to the front door of the facility was propped open with a wet
floor sign. The concern form was related to Resident 1's daughter/responsible party noting that the front
door to the facility was propped open with a wet floor sign on at least three occasions. There was no
signature to indicate what employee was investigating the concern. The findings indicated that a family
meeting was completed with the Administrator and Director of Nursing. The form was incomplete as the
following information was left blank: was concern confirmed or not, was the responsible party notified and
how the responsible party was notified, was a written concern follow-up requested, any follow-up (if
applicable), and the Administrator's signature and date
Interview with Employee 1 on January 4, 2023, at 10:40 AM revealed that she was the grievance officer
responsible for the concern form process. She indicated that she did not follow-up with Resident 1's
daughter/responsible party related to the grievances filed on December 12, 2023, or December 17, 2023.
Employee 1 indicated that there was a meeting scheduled with the daughter but that the employee did not
attend the meeting. She also indicated that she had no written documentation related to the findings and
disposition of the above noted grievances and that she did not ask Resident 1's daughter if she wanted a
written concern form follow-up.
On January 4, 2024, at 11:00 AM Employee 1 provided the surveyor with a copy of a progress note with an
effective date of December 18, 2023, at 4:38 PM that was completed by the Nursing Home Administrator
on January 4, 2024, at 10:58 AM (after the surveyor addressed the issues with the concern forms with
Employee 1), that indicated a meeting was held with Resident 1's daughter related to her yelling at the staff
and being disruptive and they discussed the concerns with incontinence care at the meeting.
Interview with Resident 1's daughter/responsible party on January 4, 2024, at 12:40 PM revealed that she
did not receive a response to her grievances that she filed on December 12, 2023, or December 17, 2023.
She indicated that a meeting was held on December 18, 2023, concerning the altercation she had with two
staff members on December 17, 2023, but the Nursing Home Administrator did not want to hear her side.
He just indicated that he did not ever want to hear of another weekend like this past one again.
Interview with the Nursing Home Administrator on January 4, 2023, at 1:20 PM confirmed that the facility
failed to provide follow-up to concern forms filed by Resident 1's daughter/responsible party or to offer a
written concern form follow-up to the concern forms.
28 Pa. Code: 201.14 (a) Responsibility of licensee
28 Pa. Code: 201.18 (b)(3) Management
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