Watsonville Nursing Center

During an interview on 8/12/24 at 10:15 a.m., with Resident 6, Resident 6 stated that food was absolutely horrible.

During an interview on 8/12/24 at 10:23 a.m. with Resident 26, Resident 26 stated food was inedible, and meat was tough.

During an interview on 8/12/24 at 10:34 a.m., with Resident 20 and Resident 17, Resident 20 stated that meatloaf was bland and had no seasoning. Resident 17 stated she was served fried egg that was hard to cut with a knife. Resident 17 also stated that on weekends, foods served were not to Resident 17's liking.

During an interview on 8/12/24 at 10:46 a.m., with Resident 192, Resident 192 stated food was horrible and was hard to chew.

During an interview on 8/12/24 at 10:47 a.m., with Resident 59, Resident 59 stated that chicken was too dry.

During an interview on 08/13/24 at 11:33 a.m. with Resident 41, Resident 41 stated, Food is bad and sometimes cold.

A test tray evaluation was conducted due to resident complaints on 8/13/24 at 1:39 p.m. with Registered Dietician (RD) and Dietary Supervisor (DS) for the regular and puree meals.

The meal was tested for taste, temperature, and palatability.

The chicken and vegetables for both textures tasted bland.

The pureed chicken was dry.

The pureed bread was bland.

The food temperatures were: pureed vegetables, 114.1 Fahrenheit (F, unit of temperature measurement), pureed bread, 118 F, pureed chicken 113.9 F, pureed rice, 117.4 F, regular chicken 112.9 F, regular rice, 116.5 F, and cold milk, 50.8 F.

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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.

Building 055240 B.

Wing 08/19/2024

NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE

Watsonville Nursing Center 535 Auto Center Drive Watsonville, CA 95076