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32 | On the allegation: Staff left residents in soiled diapers for an extended period of time.
The administrator stated our goal is to respond to call lights usually within 10 minutes, many times when residents use their call button it is not always an emergency.
LPA De Leon reviewed Call Pendant Logs from 09/06/2024-09/25/2024 (20 Days) for Assisted Living only at the facility which revealed over 555 pendant call logs showed a clear time from 15 minutes to 81 minutes.
Witness 1 (W1) stated resident 1 (R1) needs assistance with toileting and on several occasions the resident has had to sit soiled for 45 plus minutes after requesting help by pressing the pendant call button. R1 had a total of 91 calls during the 20-day period review of the logs which revealed 11 call button calls over 15 minutes to 31 minutes.
LPA reviewed call button logs and for calls over 15 minutes requested and reviewed 42 resident care plans. The care plans were reviewed for Toileting which revealed out of 42 residents 15 residents had a care plan for Extensive Assistance with Toileting, 5 residents were Total Assistance with Toileting, 5 residents had Moderate/Minimal Assistance with Toileting, and 17 residents were Independent with Toileting and out of those residents 10 may still call for help if needed or needed reminders or queuing and 5 residents were completely Independent in toileting.
LPA reviewed a recent call button logs for assisted living from 08/01/2025-08/07/2025 for 7 days which revealed a large amount of calls over 15 minutes and up to 40 minutes.
Staff interviewed revealed in 2024 they were short staffed and as of recently are filling positions and it is getting better. Agency staff were largely used in 2024 and have been cut back some, but the facility is still using agency staff to fill in for vacant, vacations or sick call offs when needed. Staff said it is their goal to answer call buttons within 10 minutes, but that time cannot always be maintained due to the needs of the residents as many residents need standby assistance, 1 or 2-person staff transfers and 2-person Hoyer lifts. Staff said they do get a list of residents that they are responsible for daily meeting their needs but when call button alarms come in and they are busy caring for a resident they cannot take the call, and the next available caregiver takes it. Resident interviews revealed when the call button is used, and it can take a long time to get assistance. They feel the facility needs more staffing and staff at the facility work hard and try to get everything done for the residents but at times it can take a while. Residents also stated the Agency staff do not do as good of job, only do the bare minimum and are not as caring as the regular facility staff.
Based on the evidence this allegation is deemed Substantiated at this time.
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