Notice before transfer or discharge · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
F623 in Alaska. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2024
Alaska cites F623 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share2.28×
2.28 times the share F623 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Alaska citations2.33%
Of every deficiency written in Alaska in 2024, this is the portion that was F623.
Alaska2.33%
National1.02%
Share of all citations that were F623.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alaska surveyors wrote
F623 findings written in Alaska, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternJune 21, 2024
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure three residents' (#6; and #28) transfer notices were sent to the Alaska Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman (LTCO). This failed practice had the potential to affect all residents, based on a census of 53, by: 1) denying residents the added protection from being inappropriately discharged ; 2) providing the residents with access to an advocate who can inform them of their options and rights; and 3) ensuring the Office of the State (LTCO) was aware of facility practices and activities related to transfers and discharges. …
C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadMarch 6, 2020
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure Residents and Resident Representatives (RR)/Power of Attorney (POA) received written notice of emergent transfer that advised the reason for and place of transfer; also the facility also failed to notify the State Ombudsman's office of transfers for two of two Resident's (#16 and #19) reviewed for hospitalization and all other residents that have been transferred from the facility to a hospital or other facility. This had the potential to allow a transfer of a resident against their wishes.
Findings:
1. Review of Resident #16's undated Patient Information sheet showed an admitted to the facility of 8/17/17. …
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