Federal inspectors found dead roaches under vanity sinks and next to toilets during a September complaint investigation. In one bathroom, the vanity was missing both doors entirely. Brown and black stains covered the caulk and flooring around toilets, while cracked and falling tiles hung from bathroom walls.
The Maintenance Director acknowledged the problems when confronted by inspectors but said he had no idea repairs were needed. "He said he was not made aware of the required repairs," according to the inspection report. The Administrator similarly claimed ignorance about bathroom conditions.
Nobody had filed maintenance requests for any of the observed problems.
The vanity counter in one bathroom wasn't properly centered and failed to cover the particle board underneath. The Maintenance Director explained that "whoever set the vanity top did not set it up correctly and it would have to be taken off and replaced in the correct position."
He told inspectors he tried to examine each room at least every other week for needed repairs. Yet he missed vanity doors that had gone completely missing and dead insects accumulating on bathroom floors.
Staff were supposed to document needed repairs on a log at the nursing station, according to multiple employees interviewed. The Maintenance Director said he relied on this system to identify problems requiring attention.
Two certified nursing assistants told inspectors they were unaware of dead bugs or cockroaches in resident areas. Both said housekeeping cleaned rooms and bathrooms daily, and that repair requests should be written on the nursing station log.
The Housekeeping Supervisor admitted bathrooms and vanities weren't being cleaned as thoroughly as required. She said she had trained housekeeping staff on proper cleaning procedures and they understood they were supposed to clean bathrooms thoroughly.
"She said she had been off and had not followed the housekeeping staff to ensure they had completed the cleaning as required," the report states. The supervisor acknowledged she didn't provide cleaning checklists for staff to follow.
The Maintenance Director recognized the human impact of neglected repairs. "He stated it could affect the residents' quality of life, and it could irritate them if repairs were not completed," according to inspectors.
The Administrator said her expectation was that "the facility would be clean and in good repair."
Facility policies from 2001 require providing residents with "a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment." The homelike environment policy specifically mandates a "clean, sanitary and orderly environment."
The maintenance policy assigns responsibility for "maintaining the building in good repair and free from hazards" and requires the maintenance director to keep records of building inspections and work order requests.
Yet the inspection revealed a systematic breakdown in identifying and addressing basic facility maintenance. Tiles fell from walls, vanity doors disappeared entirely, and dead insects accumulated in areas where vulnerable residents lived and received personal care.
The Maintenance Director said he tried to address maintenance issues "as quickly as he could" once aware of problems. But the inspection documented a facility where staff at multiple levels failed to notice or report obvious deterioration in resident living spaces.
Inspectors found violations affecting the quality of life for some residents, though the harm level was classified as minimal. The investigation stemmed from a complaint filed about facility conditions.
The facility's own policies, unchanged since 2001, promised residents a homelike environment emphasizing comfort and personal needs. Instead, inspectors discovered bathrooms where basic cleanliness and functionality had broken down while oversight systems failed to catch the deterioration.
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