Avir at Hillview

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Avir at Hillview, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Sep 26, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with profession standards for food safety for 1 of 1 kitchen reviewed for food and safety and sanitation. 1. The facility failed to ensure dietary staff practiced proper hand hygiene and glove use. 2. The facility failed to seal, label, and date tortillas and failed to label and date two large bags of ice-covered chicken in one of one freezer located in the dry storage area. These failures could place residents at risks for health complications and foodborne illnesses. Findings included: 1. Observation on 09/24/2024 at 9:15 AM Dietary [NAME] was not wearing gloves. She touched her shirt and touched a cleaning towel. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jul 26, 2023

  Based on observation interview and record review the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food safety in the facility's only kitchen. The facility failed to ensure injectable insulin of the staff was not stored with food items in the refrigerator. The facility failed to ensure food items in the refrigerator were not expired. These failures could place residents at risk for transmittable diseases, food-borne illness, and food contamination. Findings included: A.Observations and interview of the refrigerator in the kitchen on [DATE] beginning at 9:30 AM revealed there was an insulin injection syringe in a plastic bag stored with other food products in the refrigerator. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jun 3, 2022

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food safety in the facility's only kitchen. The facility failed to ensure food items in the refrigerator were dated, labeled, sealed appropriately, and had not expired. The facility failed to ensure 1 of 2 of the freezers were cleaned and free of debris a moderate amount of food crumbs and various frozen vegetables on the inside of the freezer floor. This failure could affect residents, who received their meals from the facility's kitchen, by placing them at risk for food-borne illness and food contamination. Findings included: Observations of the facility's kitchen refrigerator on [DATE] at 9:15 A.M. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF584Sep 26, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment for the 27 residents, in the memory care unit, reviewed for a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment The facility failed to report maintenance issues to the MNTD and make repairs to a loose hand railing, in the memory care unit community bathroom . This failure could have placed the residents in the memory care unit to falls. Findings included: Observation on 9/24/2024 at 11:38 AM revealed a handrail, inside the community bathroom on the facility's memory care unit, was loose. The handrail was still attached firmly to the wall in the bathroom but had 1 to 2 inches of vertical movement. There were no sharp edges. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF677Sep 26, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents unable to conduct activities of daily living (ADLs) received the necessary services to maintain good grooming and personal hygiene for four of eight residents (Resident # 23, Resident # 29, and Resident #104) reviewed quality of life. The facility failed to ensure Resident #23's, Resident #29's, and Resident #104's nails were cleaned. These failures could place residents at risk for poor hygiene, dignity issues, and decreased quality of life. 1. […]