Inspection Findings:
Based on interview and record review it was determined the facility failed to complete admission and annual MDSes, for 4 of 9 sampled residents (#s 1, 2, 3 and 9) reviewed for MDS. There were an additional 26 non-sampled residents with incomplete admission or annual MDSes. This failure was determined to be an immediate jeopardy situation because it put residents at risk for unmanaged medications, side effects from medications, skin conditions, and unknown needs that were never identified or addressed, which could have led to permanent injury, severe infection, and unknown potential harm due to the lack of comprehensive assessment. Findings include:
1. Resident 1 admitted in 2022 with diagnoses including dementia, depression, and neurocognitive disorder with Lewy body dementia (uncontrolled body movements and hallucinations).
Review of Resident 1's record indicated the following was missing:
- 11/7/2022 Admission MDS was incomplete.
- Comprehensive care plan was incomplete.
- Monitoring of symptoms and side effects for clonazepam (antianxiety medications).
- Monitoring of symptoms and side effects for Olanzapine (antipsychotic medications).
- Monitoring of symptoms and side effects for Paroxetine (antidepressant medications).
Failure to assess for the appropriate use of these medications and failure to monitor for symptoms and side effects of these medications can lead to seizures, internal bleeding, difficulty breathing, uncontrolled body movements, loss of self-control, swelling, and thoughts of suicide.
The incomplete admission assessment also resulted in a failure to assess the resident's functional capacity and needs, and an appropriate plan of care for, but not limited to, the following:
-Infections, psychotropic medications, behavioral health, permanent side effects from medications, vision and dental needs, trauma informed care, appropriate activity and socialization, cultural and religious needs as well as other unassessed needs.
This failure put Resident 1 at risk for unmonitored medications, behavioral health issues, psychotropic medication reactions, and any number of unknown treatable conditions due to a lack of assessment. This deficiency was likely to result in permanent injury, severe infection, mental anguish, and/or exposed other residents in the facility to potential behaviors.
On 1/18/23 at 11:14 Staff 4 (RN) stated she believed all MDSes she was responsible for were completed and was unaware Resident 1's MDS was not completed.
On 1/24/23 at 7:00 PM - Staff 3 (RN Consultant) confirmed the comprehensive care plans and monitoring of medications were not in place due to the Admission MDS not being completed.
2. Resident 3 admitted in 2022 with diagnoses including Parkinson's disease, depression, and osteoporosis.
Review of Resident 3's record indicated the following was missing:
- 8/29/22 Admission MDS.
- Comprehensive care plan.
- Assessment of and monitoring for symptoms and side effects for Paroxetine (antidepressant medications).
- Assessment of and monitoring for symptoms and side effects for Carbidopa-Levodopa (Parkinson's medications).
- A care plan for antipsychotic medications.
Failure to monitor for symptoms and side effects of these medications can lead to internal bleeding, swelling of face, throat, thoughts of death, uncontrolled movement, seizures, and difficulty breathing.
The incomplete admission assessment also resulted in failure to assess the resident's functional capacity and needs, and lack of an appropriate provide a plan of care for, but not limited to, the following:
- Infections, psychotropic medications, behavioral health, permanent side effects from medications, pain, vision and dental needs, trauma informed care, cultural and religious needs, weight and fluid management and other unassessed needs.
These failures put Resident 3 at risk for unmanaged medications and side effects, unmonitored behaviors, potential vision impairment, dental pain, and any number of unknown treatable conditions due to a lack of assessment. This deficiency was likely to result in permanent injury, severe infection, mental anguish, and/or potentially exposed other residents in the facility to behaviors.
On 1/25/22 at 12:42 Staff 5 (RN) confirmed the monitoring, care plans, and MDS were missing or incomplete.
3. Resident 2 admitted in 2022 with diagnoses including mental and behavioral disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, presence of cardiac pacemaker, and heart failure.
Review of Resident 2's record indicated the following was missing:
- 10/17/22 Admission MDS was incomplete.
- Comprehensive care plan was incomplete.
The incomplete admission assessment resulted in a failure to assess the resident's functional capacity and needs, and lack of an appropriate plan of care for, but not limited to, the following:
-Infections, behavioral health, pain, vision and dental needs, trauma informed care, appropriate activity and socialization, respiratory problems, cultural and religious needs as well as other unassessed needs.
This failure put Resident 2 at risk for behavioral health issues, vision issues, dental problems, pain, medication reactions, breathing issues, and any number of unknown treatable conditions due to a lack of assessment. This deficiency was likely to result in permanent injury, severe infection, mental anguish, and could have exposed other residents in the facility to behaviors.
On 1/24/23 at 7:00 PM Staff 3 (RN Consultant) confirmed the comprehensive care plans were not in place due to the Admission MDS not being completed.
4. Resident 9 admitted in 2022 with diagnoses including gout, skin cancer, kidney disease, and atrial flutter.
Review of Resident 9's record indicated the following was missing:
- 9/3/22 Admission MDS
- Comprehensive care plan.
The incomplete admission assessment resulted in a failure to assess the resident's functional capacity and needs, and lack of an appropriate plan of care for, but not limited to, the following:
- Psychotropic medications, behavioral health, permanent side effects from medications, safety, pain, vision and dental needs, trauma informed care, appropriate activity and socialization, cultural and religious needs, end of life care, other unassessed needs.
This failure put Resident 9 at risk for unmanaged medications, unmanaged pain, incomplete knowledge of skin issues, potential heart problems, bleeding risk, and any number of unknown treatable conditions due to a lack of assessment. This failure was likely to result in permanent injury, significant physical pain, mental anguish, inadequate end of life services and potentially an early death.
On 1/26/23 Staff 6 (RN) confirmed the admission MDS and care plans were missing or incomplete.
5. The 1/13/23 MDS Casper report (computer generated list of residents with missing MDS information) was compared to current medical records on 1/19/23 which revealed an additional 19 missing Admission MDSes, as well as seven Annual MDSes.
On 1/24/23 at 7:00 PM staff 3 (RN consultant) confirmed the comprehensive care plans were not in place due to the admission MDS not being completed.
On 1/24/23 at 6:20 PM the facility was notified of the Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) situation and an immediacy removal plan was requested.
On 1/24/23 at 7:53 PM the facility submitted an acceptable immediacy removal plan which would abate the IJ situation.
The immediacy removal plan included the following:
- The facility will complete any Admission and/ or Annual assessments that are incomplete for Residents 1 and 3 and update the care plan and other appropriate monitoring and documentation as applicable by 1/27/2023
- The facility has audited all current in-house residents for MDS completion as of 1/24/23. Any current admission and annual missing assessments will be completed by 1/27/23 which includes care planning and other appropriate monitoring and documentation as applicable.
- The facility will immediately begin reviewing all new admissions for timely completion of MDSes including care planning and other appropriate documentation as applicable within the 24-hour report process 1/25/2023
- The medical records coordinator will monitor all admission and annual assessment due dates and report all due dates to the interdisciplinary team members and daily stand up and report immediately to the director of nursing services and administrator any Admission and Annual MDSe that are out of compliance. The director of nurses will meet with the interdisciplinary team for an action plan of timely completion.
- The facility has a skilled MDS Coordinator who will be utilized to assist with other facility units to maintain timely admission and annual MDS assessments. The facility will continue to retain outside MDS completion support as needed with a contracted RCM (Resident Care Manager) and Nurse Consultant.
- The Quality Assurance nurse, administrator and director of nursing services will review weekly for ongoing compliance.
On 1/30/23 at 1:45 PM record review was completed which verified the immediacy removal plan was fully implemented on 1/26/23.