555368
07/22/2025
Century Villa, Inc
301 Centinela Ave Inglewood, CA 90302
F 0568
Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to respond to a request for the account balance of personal funds for one of three residents' (Resident 1).This deficient practice resulted in the facility retaining Resident 1's funds after being discharged from the facility.Findings:During a review of Resident 1's admission Record (face sheet), the admission record indicated Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including anemia (a condition in which the body does not have enough red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body), chronic kidney disease (progressive damage and loss of function in the kidneys), and gastrostomy status (presence of a gastrostomy tube which is a surgical opening in the stomach for nutrition support).During a review of Resident 1's History and Physical (H&P) dated 1/12/2025, the H&P indicated Resident 1 was alert and oriented to person (a person is aware of and can identify the people around them).During a review of Resident 1's Minimum Data Set (MDS - a comprehensive quarterly resident assessment) dated 6/7/2025, the MDS indicated Resident 1 rarely had the ability to make self understood and rarely had the ability to understand others. The MDS indicated Resident 1was dependent on a helper to do all of the effort for oral hygiene, toileting hygiene, bathing, and dressing upper and lower body.During a review of Resident 1's Durable Unlimited Power of Attorney (POA) dated 5/20/2009, the POA indicated Resident 1 granted her son full and unlimited power of attorney (appointing someone to act on behalf of another person for financial, legal, or healthcare decisions.)During a review of Resident 2's admission Record, the admission record indicated Resident 2 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] and readmitted [DATE] with diagnoses including diabetes (a disorder characterized by difficulty in blood sugar control and poor wound healing), atrial fibrillation (an irregular, often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poor blood flow), chronic osteomyelitis (inflammation of the bone or bone marrow, usually due to infection.)During a review of Resident 2's MDS dated [DATE], the MDS indicated Resident 2 had the ability to make self understood and the ability to understand others. The MDS indicated Resident 2 was dependent on a helper to do all of the effort for toileting hygiene, bathing, and dressing upper and lower body.During a review of Resident 2's H&P dated 7/2/2025, the H&P indicated Resident 2 had fluctuating capacity to understand and make decisions. During a review of Resident 3's admission Record, the admission record indicated Resident 3 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] and readmitted [DATE] with diagnoses including diabetes, and atrial fibrillation.During a review of Resident 3's MDS dated [DATE], the MDS indicated Resident 3 rarely had the ability to make self understood and rarely had the ability to understand others. The MDS indicated Resident 3 was dependent on a helper to do all of the effort for oral hygiene, toileting hygiene, bathing, and dressing upper and lower body.During a review of Resident 3's H&P dated 5/31/2025, the H&P indicated Resident 3 did not have the capacity to understand and make decisions. During a concurrent interview and record review on 7/21/2025 at 1:57 pm with the Business Office Manager (BOM), Resident 1's Trust Transaction History (TTH-a history
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07/22/2025
Century Villa, Inc
301 Centinela Ave Inglewood, CA 90302
F 0568
Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
of withdrawals and deposits of funds to a resident's account) dated 2/1/2025 - 6/30/2025, was reviewed. The TTH indicated Resident 1 had a closing balance of $1,504.04. The BOM stated she received information that Resident 1's POA requested the balance while the BOM was away from the facility between March and June of 2025. As of the survey date 7/21/2025, the BOM stated she had not responded to the POA regarding Resident 1's personal funds account balance.A review of the facility Policy & Procedures (P&P) undated, the P&P indicated Quarterly statements will be provided in writing to the resident, or the resident's representative within 30 days after the end of the quarter and upon request.
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