Deficiencies (last 3 years)
Deficiencies (over 3 years)
6.3 deficiencies/year
Deficiencies are regulatory findings recorded during state inspections.
21% worse than Colorado average
Colorado average: 5.2 deficiencies/yearDeficiencies per year
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Inspection Report
Routine
Deficiencies: 5
Date: Jun 6, 2024
Visit Reason
The inspection was conducted to evaluate compliance with nutritional and food safety standards, including adherence to menus, proper preparation and serving of therapeutic and mechanically altered diets, and sanitary food handling practices in the kitchen.
Findings
The facility failed to follow the weekly menu to meet residents' nutritional needs, including not offering milk as specified and serving incorrect mechanically altered diets to residents #38 and #10. Additionally, food safety violations were observed, including unsafe food holding temperatures, kitchen staff not wearing appropriate hair restraints, and improper handling of ready-to-eat foods.
Deficiencies (5)
Failure to follow the weekly menu to ensure adequate nutrition was provided to residents, including not offering milk and incorrect side items.
Failure to ensure residents were served the correct mechanically altered diets, resulting in residents #38 and #10 receiving regular texture meals without prompting.
Failure to maintain safe holding temperatures for food items, including hot foods below required temperature and nutritional supplements above safe cold holding temperatures.
Failure to ensure kitchen staff wore appropriate hair restraints, specifically a cook with facial hair not wearing a beard net.
Failure to handle ready-to-eat foods in a sanitary manner, including kitchen staff touching bread and other ready-to-eat foods with bare hands after handling non-food items.
Report Facts
Temperature of hot food: 133.1
Temperature of cold food: 45.5
Temperature of cold food: 48.9
Temperature of cold food: 44.7
Temperature of nutritional supplement: 59
Temperature of nutritional supplement: 68
Temperature of nutritional supplement: 62
Performance improvement plan start date: 2024
Employees mentioned
| Name | Title | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Cook #1 | Cook | Prepared incorrect diet textures and was observed not wearing beard net |
| Dietary Aide #1 | Dietary Aide | Handled ready-to-eat foods with bare hands during dinner service |
| Dietary Aide #2 | Dietary Aide | Interviewed about beverage offerings and menu adherence |
| Registered Dietitian | Registered Dietitian | Interviewed multiple times regarding menu adherence, diet textures, and food handling |
| Regional Dietary Consultant | Regional Dietary Consultant | Interviewed regarding menu items and diet texture standards |
| Licensed Practical Nurse #2 | Licensed Practical Nurse | Interviewed about education on altered diet textures |
| Speech Language Pathologist | Speech Language Pathologist | Interviewed about residents' diet texture orders and swallowing issues |
| Nutrition Services Director | Nutrition Services Director | Interviewed about food temperature standards and kitchen staff roles |
| Registered Nurse #1 | Registered Nurse | Interviewed about preparation and maintenance of medication cart coolers |
Inspection Report
Routine
Deficiencies: 8
Date: Feb 13, 2020
Visit Reason
The inspection was conducted as a routine regulatory survey to assess compliance with healthcare facility regulations, including resident care, safety, medication management, infection control, and food service standards.
Findings
The facility was found deficient in multiple areas including failure to accommodate resident needs (call light accessibility), improper use of physical restraints, inadequate pressure ulcer prevention and care, environmental safety hazards causing resident injuries, medication administration errors, improper medication storage and labeling, food safety violations, and ineffective infection prevention and control practices.
Deficiencies (8)
Failure to provide a reasonable accommodation of needs for Resident #9 by not ensuring a touch pad call light system was available and within reach.
Failure to ensure residents were free from physical restraints imposed for staff convenience, including lack of assessments, physician orders, consents, monitoring, and care planning for lap belt use for Resident #13.
Failure to provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers for Residents #63 and #85, including delayed interventions, inadequate monitoring, and ineffective pressure relief measures.
Failure to ensure the environment remained free from accident hazards, resulting in Resident #99 sustaining multiple abrasions from the metal bar on the Hoyer lift during transfers.
Medication administration errors observed for Residents #105, #12, and #38, including incorrect dosing, improper medication form given, failure to ensure medication ingestion, and failure to rinse mouth after inhaler use.
Failure to ensure drugs and biologicals were labeled and stored properly, including expired medications in medication rooms and carts, undated opened insulin vials, unlabeled medication cups, and expired test kits.
Failure to maintain food safety standards including improper cold food holding temperatures, disinfecting chemicals not maintained at proper PPM, dented canned food items stored for use, improper storage of sugar, flour and utensils, and inadequate surface cleaning in the bistro area.
Failure to effectively implement an infection prevention and control program, including improper hand hygiene and PPE use by staff, inadequate cleaning practices leading to cross-contamination, contamination of resident food, and inadequate infection surveillance and investigation of transmission events.
Report Facts
Medication error rate: 16.67
Opened insulin vial age: 87
Opened insulin vial age: 56
Opened Tuberculin vial age: 74
Opened Tuberculin vial age: 70
Expired medication: 3
Calf measurements: 26
Calf measurements: 24
Egg salad temperature: 44
Egg salad temperature: 46
Disinfectant PPM: 0
Dented canned food items: 3
RSV outbreak duration: 29
RSV cases: 6
Employees mentioned
| Name | Title | Context |
|---|---|---|
| RN #6 | Registered Nurse | Replaced call light system for Resident #9 and provided interview about call light use |
| RN #5 | House Supervisor | Observed and corrected call light placement for Resident #9 |
| LPN #2 | Licensed Practical Nurse | Observed and interviewed regarding medication administration errors and medication room observations |
| LPN #3 | Licensed Practical Nurse | Observed and interviewed regarding medication administration errors |
| CNA #2 | Certified Nurse Aide | Observed and interviewed regarding infection control practices and resident care |
| AA #2 | Activity Assistant | Observed and interviewed regarding improper PPE use and infection control breaches |
| HSK #1 | Housekeeper | Observed and interviewed regarding improper PPE use and cleaning practices |
| HSK #4 | Housekeeper | Interviewed regarding cleaning responsibilities and infection control training |
| HLS | Housekeeping and Laundry Supervisor | Interviewed regarding staff training and cleaning protocols |
| SDC | Staff Development Coordinator | Interviewed regarding infection control surveillance and staff training |
| DD | Dietary Director | Interviewed regarding food safety and sanitation practices |
| DC | Dietary Consultant | Interviewed regarding food safety and sanitation practices |
| ANHA | Assistant Nursing Home Administrator | Interviewed regarding infection control breaches and staff reeducation |
| DCO | Director of Clinical Operations | Interviewed regarding infection control surveillance and improvement plans |
| DON | Director of Nursing | Interviewed regarding multiple findings including infection control, medication storage, and resident safety |
Inspection Report
Complaint Investigation
Deficiencies: 6
Date: Feb 21, 2019
Visit Reason
The inspection was conducted to investigate complaints related to physical restraints, abuse reporting, injury investigations, comprehensive assessments, care plan revisions, and respiratory care at Fairacres Manor nursing home.
Complaint Details
The complaint investigation focused on allegations of improper use of physical restraints, failure to report and investigate injuries of unknown origin, incomplete assessments after significant changes, failure to revise care plans timely, and inadequate respiratory care for residents.
Findings
The facility failed to ensure residents were free from unnecessary physical restraints, timely reported and investigated injuries of unknown origin, completed comprehensive assessments after significant changes, revised care plans timely, and provided appropriate respiratory care including physician orders and care plans for oxygen therapy.
Deficiencies (6)
F0604: The facility failed to ensure two residents (#60 and #48) were free from physical restraints without proper assessments or physician orders prior to use.
F0609: The facility failed to timely report Resident #29's injury of unknown origin to the administrator and State Survey Agency and failed to thoroughly investigate the injury.
F0610: The facility failed to have evidence that all alleged abuse violations, including injuries of unknown origin for Resident #29, were thoroughly investigated.
F0636: The facility failed to complete a timely comprehensive and accurate assessment for Resident #18 after return from hospital with significant change in condition.
F0657: The facility failed to ensure Resident #18's comprehensive care plan was revised timely after a significant change of condition.
F0695: The facility failed to provide respiratory care in accordance with professional standards for Resident #32, lacking a current physician order and a comprehensive care plan addressing oxygen use and refusals.
Report Facts
Residents reviewed for restraints: 7
Sample residents: 39
Days delayed reporting injury: 56
Oxygen flow rate: 3.5
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