After being gone 16 hours, the Waterford Nursing Home at 7445 North Sheridan Road called police to alert them of their findings. A senior was missing from their care facility.
This isn't the first time. A similar Waterford violation.
Based upon observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to supervise, observe and monitor a resident's behavior to prevent an elopement of one resident (R1) from a locked unit. This failure resulted in an Immediate Jeopardy. The findings include: R1 is a 76 year old male with diagnoses of Organic Delusional Disorder and Senile Dementia. R1 is cognitively impaired and in need of constant monitoring. R1 was first observed missing from the bed and the locked unit at 11:10P.M. on 11/01/02. R1 was found outside the facility and brought back to the nursing facility at 12:15A.M., 11/11/02, by a neighbor (Z1). Z1 had observed R1 to fall twice in the alley near the nursing home. The facility's investigation report of 11/13/02 states R1 sustained scratches and abrasions to the right hand, right elbow, left elbow and the middle of the back. On 12/06/02, R1 had a slightly reddened, healing scratch/bruise on the right elbow area.
The Waterford Nursing and Rehab was fined $5,000 for failure to properly supervise a resident to prevent him from leaving the facility undetected. As part of an incident investigation, surveyors learned a resident, who had been identified as an elopement risk and was in need of constant monitoring, sustained cuts and bruises after leaving the facility unnoticed. He was found by a neighbor who returned him to the facility.
Blognotes: Is that the Waterford policy? It's Christmas Eve, it's freezing cold outside and the administrators wait a full 16 hours to finally alert the police? If this senior was making a break-away, he/she is long gone by now.
Update - 7:50AM: A call to Nellie at the Waterford tells the 'Broken Heart' the senior has been located.
2 comments:
Did the Waterford Elopement Policy not follow policy on Christmas Eve.
The facility's elopement policy states that all residents that wander are to be placed on the 3rd floor locked unit and that a tracking sheet will be utilized if a resident makes attempts to leave the unit.
Don't be so harsh on them. Everybody makes a mistake once in awhile.
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