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32 | A service plan dated 1/27/2025 indicates R1 required standby assistance from staff to bath, dress, groom, transfer and needed frequent help due to disorientation, memory loss, and difficulty completing tasks.
The investigation revealed that R1 sustained falls and incidents on the following dates: on 06/08/2024, at approximately 5:17pm, R1 suffered an unwitnessed fall, R1 had a bump and bruising on their forehead, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was called, and R1 was taken to TCCH. TCCH records reveal R1 was discharged back to the facility on the same day with a diagnosis of closed head injury; on 12/09/2025, at approximately 9:15pm, R1 was found on the floor, EMS was called and R1 was not transported to the hospital; on 12/15/2024, at approximately 7:00am, R1 slipped off their bed, no injuries were observed. EMS was not called; on 12/24/2024, at approximately 2:27pm, while in the hallway staff witnessed R1 lean forward in their wheelchair and fall headfirst, R1 sustained a knot to the left side of their forehead and discoloration to their left eye, EMS was called, and R1 was transported to TCCH. TCCH records reveal R1 was discharged back to the facility on the same day with a diagnosis of forehead contusion and traumatic hematoma of forehead; on 01/01/2025, at approximately 8:00pm, R1 was found by facility staff on their knees next to their bed, EMS was called, and no new visible injuries were observed; on 01/09/2025, at approximately 7:00am, R1 was found by staff on the floor of their bedroom, EMS was called, and no transport to the hospital was needed; on 02/05/2025, at approximately 8:30pm, R1 slipped off their bed and fell to the floor, staff placed R1 in their wheelchair, staff did not see redness or bruising, R1 did not complain of pain, and EMS was not called; on 02/07/2025, at approximately 7:00am, R1 was found by staff with the top half of their body on the floor and their legs on the bed, R1 complained of pain, EMS was called, R1 was transported to TCCH, and R1 returned to the facility at approximately 11:26am. TCCH records reveal R1 has a discharge diagnosis of UTI and fall. Later the same day at 8:30pm R1 slipped off her bed, staff placed R1 in their wheelchair, R1 did not complain of pain, and EMS was not called; on 03/01/2025, at approximately 5:40am, R1 attempted to get out of their wheelchair and fell, R1 complained of pain in their right shoulder, EMS was called, and R1 was transported to TCCH. TCCH notes reveal R1 was diagnosed with a right humeral neck fracture, a distal radial fracture and ulnar styloid fracture of the right wrist. Overall, R1 sustained ten witnessed and unwitnessed falls in nine months. Records obtained do not indicate R1’s service plan was updated after the first six falls and was only updated on 1/27/2025. The service plan dated 1/27/2025 does not indicate R1 is a fall-risk, does not use an assistive device to get around the facility, and did not discuss any fall mitigation plan despite the numerous falls.
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