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ARBORS AT FAIRMONT |
515189 |
130 KAUFMAN DRIVE |
FAIRMONT |
WV |
26554 |
2009-01-08 |
313 |
D |
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UFEY11 |
Based on observation, record review, and resident interview, the facility failed to assist residents with the use of assistive devices needed to maintain hearing or vision. Residents were observed without their assistive devices in place, which could affect their abilities to interact with their environment. This occurred for two (2) of twenty (20) sampled residents. Resident identifiers: #65 and #36. Facility census: 113. Findings include: a) Resident #65 On 01/07/09 at 10:00 a.m., Resident #65, when observed in physical therapy (PT), was not wearing eyeglasses. During resident interview, Resident #65 stated she needed her glasses both to read and to "see all the time". Staff members were present at the time this surveyor was questioning the resident, and one (1) staff member went to get the resident's glasses and returned to PT. She then placed the eyeglasses on the resident's face. b) Resident #36 During initial tour of the facility on 01/05/09 at 2:30 p.m., this surveyor spoke to Resident #36. The resident did not answer questions and looked at the surveyor with a puzzled look. The surveyor introduced herself and asked what her name was. She did not answer or give any sign that she understood what was being asked of her. During another visit on the morning of 01/06/09, Resident #36 was observed sitting up in her wheelchair; she had just finished eating her breakfast. This surveyor spoke to the resident, and again she looked puzzled as if she did not understand what was being said. The surveyor the leaned down and spoke louder and directly into the resident's left ear, asking how her breakfast was. The resident immediately started discussing her breakfast and responded appropriately to each question subsequently asked of her when it was spoken directly into her ear. The resident stated, "I don't hear well." After this, all communication was understood by this resident. In a nursing note entry, dated 01/07/09 at 10:00 p.m., the nurse recorded, "Resident noted to refuse to interact with staff members for brief period, ignored this nurse when asked to take medications. VS (vital signs) were WNL (within normal limits)." The nurse then indicated that, when the nursing assistant addressed the resident, the resident responded cooperatively. During medical record review, the resident's hearing was reviewed. The admission assessment, dated 04/08/08, indicated the resident had hearing aids. The minimum data set (MDS) assessment indicated the resident did not have problems understanding others when a a hearing device was used. The care plan identified the resident was hard of hearing and contained an intervention - "hearing aid clean" . The care plan did not direct the caregiver to be sure the resident wore the hearing aids when she was up and/or to be sure that the hearing aids were working properly. A nursing assistant (Employee #63) was observed providing care for this resident at 12:30 p.m. on 01/08/09. She was asked if she had provided care to this resident in the past, and she said she had been here a while and had worked with this resident many times. When asked if she was aware the resident had hearing aids, she stated she was not aware of this and she had not seen them. At that time, Resident #36's roommate, from behind the privacy curtain, said, "She has them in her drawer at her bedside." The nursing assistant looked in the drawer and found two (2) hearing aids in a small case. The nursing assistant tried them and said that they must need batteries, because they were not working. The facility did not assure this resident's assistive hearing devices were clean, working properly, and placed in her ears so that she could communicate with and understand others. . |
2014-02-01 |