Avir at Temple East

In the surveyor’s words

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

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jun 9, 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 service safety for 1 of 1 kitchen. The facility did not label and date all food items stored in the refrigerators and freezer. The facility failed to ensure a cleaning schedule was followed. The facility did not keep the kitchen neat and orderly. The facility failed to ensure kitchen staff used infection control prevention in the kitchen. The facility failed to discard pots and pans with carbon build up. The facility failed to ensure the drink dispenser and holder did not have slimy, brown build up. These failures placed residents at risk of food-borne illness. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Feb 6, 2026

  Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for foodservice safety in 1 of 1 kitchen. The facility failed to ensure food safety on 02/04/2026 by failing to consistently monitor and discard expired food, failing to label and/or date food items, and failing to keep bins, where serving utensils and dishes were stored, clean. These failures could place residents who received meals from the main kitchen at risk for foodborne illnesses.Findings included:Observation on 2/04/2026 at 8:40 AM of the walk-in refrigerator reflected the following:- Corn tortillas with a manufacture date of 10-25-2025 and no expiration date.- A bell pepper in a cardboard box with no date was written on… […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF656Nov 20, 2024

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to develop and implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan for each resident, consistent with the resident rights, which included measurable objectives and time frames to meet a resident's medical, nursing, and mental and psychosocial needs for 3 (Resident #135, #79 and 72) 8 residents reviewed for comprehensive care plans. The facility failed to ensure Residents #135, #79, and #72's comprehensive care plans reflected the residents were at a high risk for wandering and them residing in the memory care unit. This deficient practice could place residents at risk for receiving improper care and services due to inaccurate care plans. Findings included: 1. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Nov 20, 2024

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety in the facility's only kitchen reviewed for food and nutrition services. The facility failed to ensure food items in both refrigerators, in the kitchen, were dated and labeled. The facility failed to ensure personnel items were not stored in facility refrigerator with resident food. This failure could place the residents at risk for food borne illness and cross contamination. Findings included: Observation of the kitchen on 11/18/2024 at 7:25 am of refrigerator #1 revealed two opaque plastic pitchers with covers of unknown substance with no label as to contents or use by date. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF761Sep 28, 2023

  Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure storage and/ or label of medications used in the facility in accordance with currently accepted professional principles and include the appropriate expiration dates for 2 of 4( unit 300, and unit 500) medication carts reviewed for medication storage. -The facility failed to date Insulin Injections ( unit 100/200, ) when the product was first opened according to manufacture and professional standards. […]