Residential Care Facility Citation Update

There were 3 Offense citations and 15 Deficiency citations issued to Residential Care facilities in January 2015.  Bucking a trend that had been prominent in 2014 and in years past Tag 273, concerning maintenance of food preparation areas in accordance with state and local standards, was only cited twice.  In 2014, Tag 273 was cited an average of 5.75 times per month.  The leading tag for January 2015 was Tag 217, which was cited 4 times.  Tag 217 requires use appropriately trained staff to complete an evaluation that identified and documented the scope, frequently, need, and resident’s preference for the services to be provided by the facility, and have the resident sign and date the plan.  At the time of this writing of this writing only 1 of the 4 surveys was publicly available.  The survey that was available indicated the tag was issued due to service plans not having been signed by the resident or their legal representative.  The residents reviewed had been recently admitted and a signed service plan had not yet been signed.

To review a summary of the other tags from January 2015, click here.