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32 | Report was amended. Amended report emailed for signature. Signature on file.
Regarding the allegation, "Facility staff failed to provide hospital with POA contact information"; it is the concern of the Reporting Party (RP) that On 7/17/2025, Resident 1 (R1) was sent to St. John's Regional Medical Center due to a rash on their face (suspected shingles), however staff did not provide R1’s POA contact information to the hospital. To investigate the allegation the LPA conducted interviews and a file review. Interview with R1's Power of Attorney (POA) revealed that they were notified of R1's hospital visit after R1 was already admitted to the hospital, and that the hospital would not release any information to them due to the hospital not being provided their information. Additionally, the POA revealed that if they had been notified sooner of the hospital visit they would have asked for R1 to be taken to a different hospital. Interview with Staff 1 (S1) revealed that the Resident Information form used at the time of R1's hospital visit had the wrong POA listed. When the LPA showed S1 the form that was provided to the LPA as part of the emergency packet, S1 revealed that was not the same form used the day of the hospital visit. S1 indicated that they called the "POA" that was listed on the previous Resident Information form and when they answered they notified them that they would like to be taken off as R1's "true POA" and provided S1 with R1's actual POA. S1 attempted to call R1's actual POA with the information provided to the them but did not leave a voicemail with sensitive information due to not knowing if that was actually R1's POA. S1 further revealed that they recall giving the actual POA's phone number to the paramedics on a sticky note. Lastly, it was revealed that the Regional Memory Care Director updated their system with the correct POA information after the incident and a new face sheet was printed. On 07/28/25, LPA Cortez was notified by Witness 1 (W1) that in 2023, R1's POA shared their contact information and POA paperwork with the staff and W1 shared it with them as well. File review revealed that R1 has a Power of Attorney for Health Care on file with the correct POA listed on file. The LPA also observed a Resident Information form on file with a primary and second emergency contact, which were not the POA. Based on staff interview and file review, there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation and that a violation occurred; therefore, the above allegation is deemed Substantiated at this time.
The following deficiency was cited from the CA Code of Regulations, Title 22. Failure to correct the deficiencies may result in civil penalties. Exit interview held, appeal rights and report copy provided. |