Admissions Suspension Lifted From North Carolina Assisted Living Facility
New resident admissions have been reinstated at Corinthian Place, an assisted living facility located in North Carolina. State regulators suspended new admissions at the facility on May 7 after an inspection revealed several serious violations affecting the health and safety of the residents.
The recent inspection revealed many problems. Eight of eleven exit door alarms were not engaged to alert staff, failure to test all residents for tuberculosis, failure to provide appropriate supervision for residents with aggressive/inappropriate behavior, falls, and wandering. Additionally, the facility admitted a resident who had been identified and documented as requiring a skilled level of nursing care and failed to administer medications as ordered by a resident's physician.
In one instance, a resident, who suffered from vascular dementia and a history of brain hemorrhages, was admitted to the facility's special care unit. The man had several displays of inappropriate and aggressive behavior toward residents and facility staff, which included hitting, pulling the fire alarm, and fondling a female resident's breast, as well as a history of falls. In fact, he died from a fall a few days after he was found unconscious on the floor, not breathing. His death certificate listed his cause of death as "closed head Injury and cause of death as a fall". The inspectors' report stated, "review of the resident's record revealed no documentation of hourly checks or any other increased supervision related to aggressive/inappropriate behaviors or falls". Additionally, the resident's physician ordered medications to treat dementia and anxiety, as well as Haldol to be taken every twelve hours. Haldol is used to treat mental and mood disorders as well. Inspector reports revealed that it appeared that the resident had not been given the medicine ordered for approximately four months.
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