Inspection Findings:
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to have a health services system in place which included an Oregon licensed nurse who is regularly scheduled for onsite duties at the facility and who is available for phone consultation. The facility failed to provide an adequate number of nursing hours relevant to the census and acuity of the resident population and that the facility nurse was provided as stated in disclosure material. Findings include, but are not limited to:During interviews on 5/13/21 - 5/14/21, Staff 1 (Owner) and Staff 2 (Med Tech) confirmed the facility did not currently have an RN that was scheduled for regular on-site duties and available for phone consultation as needed.The need to provide a system of health services which included a facility RN was discussed with Staff 1 on 5/14/21. No additional information was provided.
Based on interview and record review, it was determined the facility failed to ensure an RN assessment was performed timely following a significant change of condition for 1 of 1 sampled resident (#4) who experienced a significant change. This is a repeat citation. Findings include, but are not limited to:Resident 4 was admitted to the facility in 1/2021. Review of the resident's service plan, dated 8/12/21, progress notes, dated 7/14/21 to 8/17/21, incident reports and hospital discharge summaries indicated the following:On 8/7/21 Resident 4 was transported to the hospital after falling three times during the night and exhibiting "stroke-like" symptoms, including slurred speech, facial droop and left side deficits. At the hospital Resident 4 was diagnosed with cerebrovascular accident (stroke) with left-sided weakness, and returned to the facility on 8/7/21. The resident's deficits persisted, and s/he was subsequently admitted to hospice. This incident constituted a significant change of condition.There was no documented evidence that a facility RN assessment was performed following the resident's return from the hospital, significant changes in care needs related to the stroke and admit to hospice.In an interview on 8/17/21 Staff 1 (Owner) stated Staff 8 (RN) was not available at the time of the event, and acknowledged the facility RN assessment was not performed. Staff 8 was not available for interview during the revisit. On 8/17/21, a copy of ODHS Change of Condition and Monitoring Compliance Guidelines was provided and discussed with Staff 2 (Administrator).On 8/17/21 the need to ensure facility RN assessments were performed for all residents who experienced significant changes of condition was discussed with Staff 1 and Staff 2. They acknowledged the findings. No further documentation was provided.
Plan of Correction:
I informed Rebecca Mapes, CBC Licensing, that we rehired our Thanksgiving House RN, Janel Gundersen, on May 24th, 2021. Janel has 25 years of nursing experience. She has worked with us for six years, but we lost touch with her during the Covid year.Every 30 days (for two hours, on the last Sunday of each month), or sooner if needed, Nurse Janel primarily comes to do record reviews on Residents' books, scheduled medication, PRN's, significant change of condition reviews (done within 48 hours), and training advice. She is available for phone consultations at any time, as needed. She will do intermittent, short-term nurse care if the resident's own health care team can't.All of our six Residents have their own primary care providers, nurses on call 24/7, hospice and home health RNs, and Zoom doctor appointments, etc, and they prefer to use their own providers for their health care needs. Thanksgiving House's RN was unavailable at the time a significant change of condition occurred for Resident #4 (He died on 8-21-21). In the future: 1. We now have the email address of our RN, so she can do a full or problem focused assessment as determined by the RN anywhere at anytime, even if she is not available in person. We will provide her the information within 48-hours, first by email, then follow up with phone and text. Her last visit was on 7-31-21, and her August visit was 8-31-21. Going forward we will communicate any future significant changes of condition to the RN by email within 48-hours as required by the administrative rules. 2. We have enlisted the help of another RN who is willing to do significant changes of condition or any other required nursing tasks outlined in our admistrative rules, in the unlikely event that our main nurse is unavaliable.