CARE AND/OR SUPERVISION: 34180 - RCR s.54(3)(a) - A licensee must (a) encourage persons in care to be examined by a dental health care professional at least once every year.
Observation: 1 of 5 persons in care had signed consent to receive dental hygiene services, however the person had not been seen by the dental hygienist in the past year. Discussion with staff determined, it is unknown why the person was not seen the last time the hygienist was on site.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure that each person in care is encouraged to be examined by a dental health care professional at least once every year.
Date to be Corrected: November 10, 2023
CARE AND/OR SUPERVISION: 34680 - RCR s.81(3)(e)(ii) - A care plan must include all of the following: (e) in the case of a person in care who receives a type of care described as Long Term Care or who may be prone to falling, a fall prevention plan, which must address (ii) a plan for preventing the person in care from falling.
Observation: Review of 5 person in care's files found that, 1 person in care did not have a fall care plan documented.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure that every person in Long Term Care, has a fall prevention plan to prevent the person in care from falling.
Date to be Corrected: November 10, 2023
CARE AND/OR SUPERVISION: 34750 - RCR s.81(4)(b)(i) - A licensee must ensure that (b) each care plan is reviewed and, if necessary, modified (i) if there is a substantial change in the circumstances of the person in care.
Observation: Of 5 person in care files reviewed, one person had a change in their mobility/fall status, that was not documented in the care plan.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure that each person in care's care plan is reviewed, and if necessary, modified if there has been a substantial change in circumstance.
Date to be Corrected: Corrected before day 2 of the inspection.
HYGIENE AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASE: 35020 - RCR s.49(1) - A licensee must require all persons admitted to a community care facility to comply with the Province's immunization and tuberculosis control programs.
Observation: 2 of 5 person in care (PIC) files reviewed found the following:
-1 PIC did not have evidence of immunization in their file
-1 PIC had a TB form in their file, however it had not been filled out or signed as completed.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure that all persons admitted to a community care facility comply with the Province's immunization and TB control program.
Date to be Corrected: November 10, 2023
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