3 Reports
Inspection Report — Mar 12, 2025
Routine
Date: Mar 12, 2025
Visit Reason
MDH assisted living licensing survey; the file also contains a follow-up survey on 2025-06-03 that verified the facility was in substantial compliance.
Findings
The licensing survey resulted in four state correction orders addressing food service/Minnesota Food Code violations, an incomplete background study for an employee, a missed change-of-condition reassessment, and nurse-delegated medication administration errors; fines totaling $3,000 were assessed.
Deficiencies (4)
0480 144G.41 Subdivision 1 Subd. 1a (a-b) Minimum requirements; required food services: The evaluator found food was not prepared and served according to the Minnesota Food Code as evidenced by identified food code violations documented in the facility's Food and Beverage Establishment Inspection Report, including an encrusted convection oven interior.
01290 144G.60 Subdivision 1 Background studies required: The licensee failed to ensure a staff member's DHS background study was current and completed before providing unsupervised direct care; one unlicensed employee (ULP-F) had an incomplete/closed background study and was removed from the schedule pending fingerprinting and clearance.
01620 144G.70 Subd. 2 (c-e) Initial reviews, assessments, and monitoring: The licensee failed to complete a comprehensive reassessment with a change of condition when a resident (R6) started hospice and required increased assistance, i.e., no change-of-condition assessment was documented.
02320 144G.91 Subd. 4 (b) Appropriate care and services: Nurse-delegated medication administration procedures were not followed by an unlicensed staff (ULP-F) who administered medications without properly checking the bubble pack label against the MAR for residents (R1 and R2).
Report Facts
fine_assessed: 3000
Inspection Report — Feb 17, 2023
Complaint Investigation
Date: Feb 17, 2023
Visit Reason
MDH complaint investigation of alleged neglect.
Complaint Details
HL290184363M | Finding: Substantiated, facility responsibility | The facility neglected the resident by placing a bed rail on the resident's bed without appropriate assessment and follow-up, resulting in the resident becoming entangled in the bed rail and dying.
Findings
Maltreatment substantiated, facility responsibility. Four correction orders were issued addressing failures in reporting to the common entry point, inadequate bed rail assessment/installation/maintenance and documentation for multiple residents, and the facility's failure to ensure a resident was free from maltreatment.
Deficiencies (4)
0620 144G.42 Subd. 6 (a) Compliance with requirements for reporting maltreatment: The facility failed to report sufficient details to the common entry point about an incident in which a resident was found deceased and entrapped in a siderail, reporting the incident as "self-neglect" and omitting the extent of entanglement.
02310 144G.91 Subd. 4 (a) Appropriate care and services: The facility failed to provide care and services according to accepted standards for fifteen residents using bed rails, lacking individualized risk/benefit assessments, manufacturer guidance, installation and maintenance documentation, and regular physical inspections, creating an imminent entrapment risk.
02360 144G.91 Subd. 8 Freedom from maltreatment: The facility failed to ensure one resident was free from maltreatment; MDH determined maltreatment occurred and the facility was responsible.
03020 626.557 Subd. 4 Reporting: The facility failed to immediately provide sufficient information to the common entry point about the resident's death and entrapment, reporting the event as self-neglect and not accounting for the possibility of facility neglect.
Inspection Report — Oct 5, 2022
Routine
Date: Oct 5, 2022
Visit Reason
MDH assisted living licensing survey.
Findings
Licensing survey identified 9 state licensing correction orders addressing food preparation, infection control, fire protection and evacuation, contract language, staff training, medication storage and handling, expired medications, and hazard vulnerability. The Department assessed a $500 fine for the infection control deficiency.
Deficiencies (9)
0480 144G.41 Subd 1 (13) (i) (B) Minimum requirements: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by the licensee failed to ensure food was prepared and served according to the Minnesota Food Code.
0510 144G.41 Subd. 3 Infection control program: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by staff were observed wearing soiled gloves and failing to perform hand hygiene after providing personal cares and medication tasks.
0780 144G.45 Subd. 2 (a) (1) Fire protection and physical environment: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by the licensee failed to provide a required smoke alarm outside a bedroom and failed to interconnect smoke alarms in several apartment units.
0810 144G.45 Subd. 2 (b)-(f) Fire protection and physical environment: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by the fire safety and evacuation plan lacked required content, training records were incomplete, and the facility did not meet the minimum frequency of employee evacuation drills.
0970 144.50 Subd. 5 Waivers of liability prohibited: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by the assisted living contract included language that waived or limited the facility's liability for residents' health, safety, or personal property.
01370 144G.61 Subd. 2 (a) Training and evaluation of unlicensed personn: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by an unlicensed staff member lacked required training/competency documentation (including wheelchair use with footrests) per training requirements.
01880 144G.71 Subd. 19 Storage of medications: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by medications (including insulin pens) were stored in a resident refrigerator that was not secured so only authorized personnel had access.
01890 144G.71 Subd. 20 Prescription drugs: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by the licensee maintained expired house-stock medications that were not properly disposed of.
02040 144G.81 Subdivision 1 Fire protection and physical environment: This Minnesota requirement is not met as evidenced by the licensee did not provide a site-specific hazard vulnerability or safety risk assessment with mitigations for the memory care property.
Report Facts
fine assessed (tag 0510): 500
total fines assessed: 500
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