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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
8746 LAKIN HOSPITAL 5.1e+125 1 BATEMAN CIRCLE WEST COLUMBIA WV 25287 2012-08-17 366 D 0 1 4EJV11 Based on observation, resident interview, and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure residents were offered substitutes when they refused to eat the items on the menu that were served to them. Two (2) residents were served a dinner tray and did not eat any of the served items. The staff did not offer them a substitute of any kind for that meal. This was observed for two (2) of ninety-five (95) residents observed at the dinner meal. Resident identifiers: #64 and #21. Facility Census: 95. Findings include: a) Resident #64 During an observation, on 8/13/12 at 5:10 p.m., Resident #64 was observed in the dining area and was served a pureed meal. She sat and stared at the food, but did not take a bite of food the entire time she was observed. This table was observed from 5:10 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. This resident was asked on two (2) different occasions why she was not eating. She replied I did not want this. The resident did not eat any of her food during that time and there were no staff members observed to come to assist her or to try to encourage her to eat. She was not offered an alternate meal when she did not eat any of the food served to her. The resident was observed to leave the table at 5:55 p.m. and she still had not eaten any of the food she was served. She still had not been offered assistance or an alternative meal. The Director of Nursing was made aware of this observation on 8/14/12 at 2:00 p.m. She was also made aware that it had been recorded in the medical record that this resident ate 100% of her meal when she had been observed to eat nothing that was on her tray on 08/13/12 for dinner. b) Resident #21 Employee #53, a health service worker, was observed to serve this resident his tray at 5:10 p.m. on 08/13/12. At 6:00 p.m., Employee #53 asked the resident if he wanted to eat. The resident replied, No. The employee picked up the resident's tray without any further conversation. The resident was never informed of what the food items were on his tray and was never offered or given the opportunity to receive any substitutes. 2016-04-01