Inspection Reports for Brookdale Northville

The inspection was conducted as a renewal licensing study for Brookdale Northville to assess compliance with state regulations and determine if the facility meets requirements for license renewal.

The facility was found to be in non-compliance with multiple administrative rules including employee health screening, resident medication management, use of communal bathrooms for storage, improper garbage container lids, kitchen sanitation issues, and general maintenance deficiencies. Numerous repeat violations were noted.

The document serves as a notification of the renewal of the Home for the Aged license for Brookdale Northville following an administrative review of licensing activity over the past year.

The administrative review revealed substantial compliance with the public health code and administrative rules regulating home for the aged facilities, resulting in the renewal of the facility's license for 12 months effective 10/29/2023.

The inspection was conducted in response to a complaint alleging that Resident A lacked proper care, specifically regarding administration of post-surgical eye drops, failure to hold a care conference with the resident's durable power of attorney, and lack of an appointed shift supervisor on duty.

The investigation substantiated violations related to lack of care for Resident A due to failure to administer post-surgical eye drops as prescribed and failure to appoint a designated shift supervisor on duty. The allegation that Resident A's care conference was not held with his son/durable power of attorney was not substantiated.

The complaint alleged Resident A did not receive proper care before and after eye surgery, specifically missing post-surgical eye drops on 7/25/2023 and 7/26/2023. It also alleged Resident A's care conference was not held with his son/durable power of attorney and that there was no appointed shift supervisor on duty. The investigation substantiated the lack of care and shift supervisor allegations but did not substantiate the care conference allegation.

The investigation was initiated due to a complaint alleging that a resident did not receive necessary assistance and personal care, including timely incontinence care and bathing, and concerns about staff behavior and DNR orders.

The investigation established a violation regarding excessive wait times for assistance for the Resident of Concern (ROC), but could not substantiate inadequate care or taunting by staff. The facility had no documentation of daily ADL care for the ROC, and no evidence was found that the facility improperly claimed a DNR order.

The complaint alleged that the Resident of Concern did not receive timely assistance with toileting and bathing, was left in soiled diapers for extended periods, and was taunted by a caregiver. It also alleged the facility incorrectly claimed a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order for the resident. The investigation substantiated the excessive wait times but did not substantiate the taunting or DNR allegations.

The document serves as a renewal notification for the Home for the Aged license following an administrative review of licensing activity over the past year.

The administrative review revealed substantial compliance with the public health code and administrative rules regulating home for the aged facilities, resulting in the renewal of the facility's license.

The document is an addendum to the Original Licensing Study Report requested to change the facility name from Wynwood of Northville, a Brookdale Community, to Brookdale Northville as part of a rebranding project.

The name change was confirmed to have occurred on 2015-06-15 with no changes in ownership, operations, or location. The recommendation is to approve the facility name change to Brookdale Northville.