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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
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NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
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LA BREA REHABILITATION CENTER
505 N La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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The following reflects the findings of the
California Department of Public Health during
the investigation of a complaint.
Complaint Number: CA00870244
Representing the Department:
Health Facilities Evaluator Nurse: 43454
The inspection was limited to the specific
complaint investigated and does not represent
the findings of a full inspection of the facility.
One deficiency was issued for complaint
number: CA00870244 (refer to F626).
F626
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Permitting Residents to Return to Facility
CFR(s): 483.15(e)(1)(2)
F626
§483.15(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
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
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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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facility, the facility must comply with the
requirements of paragraph (c) as they apply to
discharges.
§483.15(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 re admit one of three sampled
resident (Resident 1) after hospitalization on
11/9/2023 at a General Acute Care Hospital
(GACH) as indicated in the facility's policy and
procedure (P&P) titled "Bed-holds and
Returns".
As a result, Resident 1 remained in GACH 1
since 11/16/2023 and had the potential to
cause psychosocial harm.
Findings:
A review of Resident 1 ' s Admission Record
indicated resident was originally admitted to the
facility on 8/2/20222 and readmitted on
11/7/2023, with diagnoses including urinary
tract infection (UTI- an infection in any part of
the urinary system, including the kidney,
bladder or urethra), epilepsy (a disorder in
which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed
causing seizures) and major depressive
disorder (a mental disorder that have a
persistent feeling of loss of pleasure or interest
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in life).
A review of Resident 1 ' s History and Physical,
dated 10/29/2023, physician indicated,
"resident does not have the capacity to
understand and make decisions".
A review of Resident 1 ' s Minimum Data Set
(MDS-a standardized assessment and care
screening tool), dated 9/25/2023 indicated the
resident required supervision from staff for
activities of daily living (ADLs-bed mobility,
transfers, dressing, eating, toilet use, and
personal hygiene).
A review of Resident 1 ' s care plan for risk for
falls related to disease process, revised on
11/8/2023, indicated interventions including,
anticipate and meet the resident ' s needs, be
sure the resident ' s call light (a device used to
notify the nurse that the resident needs
assistance) within reach and encourage the
resident to use it for assistance as needed. The
resident needs prompt response to all requests
for assistance" ...
A review of Resident 1 ' s Interdisciplinary
Team (IDT - a group of dedicated healthcare
professionals who work to bring knowledge
together to help residents receive the care they
need) Record, dated 11/9/2023 indicated,
"Resident (1) observed in supine (lying
horizontally with the face and torso facing up)
position, right side of bed in between the space
of bedside tablet and bed ... transfer to hospital
for further evaluation."
A review of Resident 1 ' s Physician Note from
General Acute Care Hospital 1 (GACH 1),
dated 11/12/2023, indicated, "Anticipate
discharge back to skilled nursing facility
tomorrow (11/13/2023).
During an interview with Admission Director
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(AD) on 11/16/2023 at 10:27 a.m., AD stated,
they received readmission request and clinical
record from GACH 1 indicating Resident 1 was
ready to be readmitted on 11/13/2023. AD
stated, they have beds available for Resident 1
to be readmitted on 11/13/2023. AD stated, the
Case Manager from GACH 1 sent over the
clinical record on 11/13/2023 which required to
be reviewed by the Director of Nursing (DON).
AD stated, he sent over the GACH 1 ' s
medical record to DON on 11/13/2023 and
DON replied to him on 11/14/2023 indicating
that before they can readmit Resident 1, they
will need safety equipment including padded
bedside full rails, low bed, floor mats and soft
helmet. AD stated, he notified Maintenance
Supervisor (MS) to order the equipment.
During an interview with DON on 11/16/2023 at
10:46 a.m., DON stated, she was able to
review the GACH 1 ' s Clinical Record on
11/14/2023 in which she had determined to
readmit Resident 1 but need safety equipment
prior to readmitting which was a full bed side
rails, soft helmet, low bed, and floor mat. DON
stated, Resident 1 was transferred to GACH 1
for further evaluation after Resident 1 was
found on the floor. DON stated, they don ' t
have a full bed siderails at the facility and a soft
helmet, so she requested more time from
GACH 1 to readmit Resident 1.
During an interview with MS on 11/16/2023 at
11:11 a.m., MS stated, they don ' t have any
bedside full rails in the facility. MS stated he
tried to order them from the company that
provides them supplies in which he was told
that full siderails no longer exist as it is
considered a physical restraint (the use of a
manual hold to restrict freedom of movement of
all or part of a person's body, or to restrict
normal access to the person's body) and
therefore, no longer available. MS further
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stated, he even looked on Amazon to order the
equipment but did not find any full siderails. MS
stated, he was aware the full side bedrails are
considered physical restraints.
During a follow-up interview with DON on
11/16/2023 at 12:59 p.m., DON stated, they
were not able to find a full bed siderails, but
soft helmet arrived today. When asked
regarding Resident 1 ' s fall risk care plan and
intervention, DON stated, Resident 1 ' s needs
should be met by providing patient care and
staffs assistance to prevent injury if Resident 1
had another fall incident. DON stated, she was
aware that a bed full siderails are considered
physical restraints. When asked if Resident 1 is
on physical restraints, DON stated, "no". When
asked if preventing injury during a residents '
fall was being relied upon equipment, DON
stated "no". DON further stated, they will
readmit Resident 1 today. When asked if
Resident 1 should have been readmitted since
11/13/2023 as ordered by the physician, DON
did not answer.
A review of the facility ' s policy and procedure
(P&P) titled, "Bed-Holds and Returns",
reviewed on 1/2023 indicated, "The resident
will be permitted to return to an available bed in
the collation of the facility that he or she
previously resided."
A review of the facility ' s P&P titled, "Bed
Safety and Bed Rails", revised on 1/2023
indicated, "The use of bed rails is prohibited
unless the criteria for use of bed rails have
been met ... Bed rails are adjustable metal or
rigid plastic bars that attach to the bed. They
are available in a variety of types, shapes, and
sizes ranging from full to one-half, one-quarter,
or one-eight lengths."
A review of the facility ' s P&P titled, "Use of
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Restraints", revised on 1/2023 indicated,
"Restraints shall only be used to treat the
resident ' s medical symptom(s) and never for
discipline or staff convenience, or for the
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