PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 31190 - RCR s.19(2)(c) - A licensee must provide communication devices and other means of communication that (c) enable employees to communicate with each other in respect of the needs of persons in care.
Observation: A random audit was completed for 5 person in care's, care plans and it was determined that directions in 1 care plan, specific to oral care were inconsistent with information documented on the activity of daily living (ADL) form that guides staff in the care to be provided..
Corrective Action(s): Please review and update communication tools used by staff to ensure consistent care is provided.
Date to be Corrected: June 29, 2016
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 31300 - RCR s.22(1)(c) - A licensee must ensure that all rooms and common areas are (c) maintained in a safe and clean condition.
Observation: Three hair brushes that had not been cleaned of loose hair were observed together on a cart in one tub room, each brush potentially belonged to different persons in care.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure personal items used by persons in care are maintained in a clean condition and stored separetly to avoid cross contamination. The brushes have been removed from the bathing area and stored in each of the persons in care's rooms.
Date to be Corrected: June 29, 2016
STAFFING: 32010 - RCR s.37(1)(a) - A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility unless the licensee or, in the case of a person who is not the manager, the manager has obtained all of the following: (a) a criminal record check for the person.
Observation: Random audit of 7 staff files one file had a criminal record check (CRC) that was overdue (March 16, 2011) by three months in meeting the requirement of being renewed every 5 years.
Corrective Action(s): During the inspection the Manager confirmed the CRC forms were completed by the staff and the forms would be mailed June 30, 2016. In addition the Manager stated all staff hire dates will be audited and a system developed to alert when CRC's are needing to be renewed.
Date to be Corrected: June 29, 2016
CARE AND/OR SUPERVISION: 34900 - RCR s.83(5)(a) - If a person in care refuses or is unable to be weighed, the licensee must (a) record in the nutrition plan of the person in care the reason why the person in care was not weighed.
Observation: Licensing completed a random audit of 5 persons in care's weight records and 1 of the 5 was missing monthly weights for February and April, 2016 and the other was missing for April, 2016. The staff informed the scale was not working properly in April which could have accounted for the missing information.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure staff document the reasons for not obtaining weights.
Date to be Corrected: June 29, 2016
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