Eliza Jennings Home

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Eliza Jennings Home, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF921Dec 7, 2023

  Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to maintain a clean, safe, sanitary and well-maintained environment in resident common areas and resident rooms. This had the potential to affect all 115 residents living in the facility. Findings include: Interview was conducted on 12/04/23 at 12:30 P.M. with the Director of Environmental Services (DES) #422 who revealed the housekeeping staff were to make sure all floors in the resident common areas and resident rooms were kept clean. DES #422 explained the floor scrubber was broke so the staff were to use whatever equipment they had to keep the floors clean. Observations of the general facility environment and resident rooms were conducted on 12/05/23 from 12:00 P.M. and 12:25 P.M. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF921Nov 16, 2023

  Based on observation and staff interview the facility failed to maintain a clean, safe, sanitary and well-maintained environment. This had the potential to affect all residents. The facility census was 113. Findings include: An environmental tour was conducted on 11/16/23 between 10:45 A.M. and 11:20 A.M. with the Administrator. The following was observed and verified with the Administrator at the time of discovery. Carpeted areas throughout the facility in resident rooms and common areas were noted with stains and debris throughout. The unit three air purifier had a thick coating of dust and debris covering every part of its filter. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jul 6, 2021

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure the kitchen was maintained in a clean and sanitary manner. This had the potential to affect 105 of the 107 residents. Two Resident's (#17 and #260) did not receive food from the facility. The facility census was 107. Findings include: Observations during the initial tour on 06/28/21 at 8:40 A.M. revealed the oven door had dried on spills down the front. The control knobs on the oven and stove top were dirty. The hood and overhead vents were greasy and dusty, the spigots for fire suppression system were greasy and dusty. These findings were verified by Dietary Manager #401 at the time of the observation.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Jul 25, 2024

  Based on medical record review, facility electronic mail communication with local health department, and interview the facility failed to timely report rashes of unknown origin which were suspicious of scabies to the local health department. This affected five residents (Resident #207, #213, #245, #284 and #298) of 19 residents residing in the memory care unit (#201, #202, #207, #213, #220, #225, #228, #230, #232, #233, #245, #257, #274, #279, #284, #296, #297, #298, and #308). The facility census was 118. Findings include: Review of the medical record for Resident #207 revealed an admitted [DATE]. Diagnoses included but were not limited to allergic contact dermatitis (10/05/23), paranoid schizophrenia, vascular dementia, and anxiety disorder. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Jul 6, 2021

  Based on observation, interview and policy review, the facility failed to implement an ongoing infection prevention and control program related to COVID 19. This affected six Resident's (#76, #84, #158, #159, #160 and #161) who resided on the observation for COVID 19 unit out of 107 residents in the facility. Findings include: Interview with the Administrator on 06/28/21 at 9:00 A.M. reported the facility had no residents with COVID 19 but had one staff test positive so they were in outbreak testing. She reported the observation unit was located on the second floor and this was where new admissions spend their first 14 days. She indicated full personal protective equipment had to be worn in the resident rooms. On 06/28/21 at 10:00 A.M. […]