Inspection Reports for Clark Retirement at Franklin

The inspection was conducted as a renewal inspection to determine compliance with applicable licensing statutes and rules for license renewal of Clark Retirement Home.

The facility was found to be in substantial compliance with the public health code and administrative rules regulating home for the aged facilities. The licensing consultant recommended renewal of the facility’s license.

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 inspection was conducted in response to a complaint alleging that Resident A's bed was not made, Resident A did not receive showers, the food did not meet nutritional standards, and the facility washing machine was broken.

The investigation found that the allegation regarding Resident A's bed not being made was not established, but the allegation that Resident A did not receive showers was substantiated due to lack of documentation. The food was found to meet nutritional standards, and the washing machine issue was due to a supply chain delay but residents had access to other washers. An additional violation was found related to an unauthorized bedrail on Resident A's bed without proper documentation or service plan information.

The complaint alleged Resident A's bed was not made, Resident A did not receive showers, food did not meet nutritional standards, and the facility washing machine was broken. The violation was substantiated only for the shower allegation and the additional finding regarding the unauthorized bedrail.

The purpose of the visit was to conduct an original licensing study and document a decrease in licensed bed capacity by delicensing the first floor 'Manor' area to convert it to independent living apartments.

The first floor 'Manor' corridor, consisting of six semiprivate resident rooms, was observed to have separate and distinct egress and ingress from the rest of the licensed facility. The facility requested to delicense this area, which was supported by the observation and review of floor plans.

The purpose of the visit was to document a decrease in licensed bed capacity as requested by the facility to delicense the entire second floor and certain corridors on the third and fourth floors, reducing the capacity to 107 beds.

The inspection observed that the second floor corridors and the third and fourth floor Manor corridors could be maintained as separate and distinct areas from the remaining licensed facility, supporting the request to decrease licensed capacity.

The purpose of this addendum is to document an increase in licensed bed capacity for the facility.

The review of the HFES Facility Transmittal sheet dated 2/6/16 documented an increase in capacity from 221 to 224 due to the addition of two 2-bedroom apartments to the facility.