Place at Deans Bridge, The

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Place at Deans Bridge, The, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadF812Jul 2, 2025

  Based on observation, policy review, and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure that open food items in the dry storage area were securely wrapped, labeled, and dated, and also failed to discard food items by their expiration dates. This deficient practice had the potential to place residents who received an oral diet from the kitchen at risk of foodborne illness. The census was 78.Findings include:Review of facility policy titled Food Safety Handling Policy, included, . Notes labeling, dating, and monitoring refrigerated food, including, but not limited to leftovers, so it is used by its use-by date or discarded. Foods covered and in air-tight containers.1. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF880Jul 2, 2025

  Based on observations, staff interviews, and review of the facility's policies titled Handwashing/ Hand Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control Program, and Laundry Policy, the facility failed to ensure staff follow proper hand hygiene techniques when performing blood glucose testing on one resident (R) (R5). In addition, the facility failed to ensure the infection control process was followed when transporting clean linen to residents' rooms and for clean clothing in the laundry room. These deficient practices had the potential to place the residents at risk of infections due to cross-contamination. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF921Aug 3, 2023

  Based on observations, resident and staff interviews, and review of facility policies titled, Homelike Environment and The Place Facilities Environmental Services Cleaning and Repair, the facility failed to maintain a safe, functional, and sanitary environment in 10 of 50 resident rooms (N 3, N 4, N 5, N 6, N 7, N 10, S 11, S 17, S 18, and S 23). Specifically, resident rooms were observed to contain debris in packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) units, eroded/broken dressers/nightstands, dirty air vents in bathrooms, holes/cracks in drywall, and rusted/peeling toilet commode frames. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF761Jul 2, 2025

  Based on observations, staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Medication Labeling and Storage, the facility failed to ensure that expired medications were removed from active medication storage in one medication storage room and one of two medication carts. This deficient practices had the potential to place the residents at risk of receiving expired medications and had the potential to allow unauthorized access to controlled medications. Findings include:Review of the facility's policy titled Medication Labeling and Storage, revised February 2023, included, . […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF570Aug 3, 2023

  Based on staff interview, record review, and review of the facility policy The Place Facilities Resident Personal Funds-Surety Bond Policy, the facility failed to maintain a surety bond sufficient to cover the current total funds in the resident trust account. The deficient practice had the potential to affect 29 residents with funds managed by the facility. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, The Place Facilities Resident Personal Funds-Surety Bond Policy, revised 11/2022, revealed the following: Assurance of Financial Security: 1. […]