Whitefish Care And Rehabilitation
WHITEFISH CARE AND REHABILITATION in WHITEFISH, MT — inspection on September 9, 2025.
Found 3 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to submit an initial report within two hours to the State Survey Agency for a suspected resident to resident sexual abuse event, for 2 (#s 1 and 2) of 8 sampled residents.
Findings include:A review of a facility reported incident, dated 8/24/25 at 1:30 a.m., showed resident #1 was found in resident #2's room by two staff members. Resident #2 was lying in his bed with his brief undone, and resident #1 had her hand on his penis.
The reportable incident was received by the State Survey Agency on 8/24/25 at 9:20 p.m., over 21 hours after the incident occurred.
The report did not meet the required reporting timeline for abuse.
During an interview on 9/9/25 at 9:58 a.m., staff member B stated she called the police sometime between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m. on 8/24/25.
Staff member B further relayed that the incident was submitted to the State Survey Agency later that evening, on 8/24/25.During an interview on 9/9/25 at 2:03 p.m., staff member A relayed that he thought serious bodily injury resulting from abuse had to be reported to the State Survey Agency within two hours, and if no injury resulted from the abuse, it was to be reported within 24 hours, which was not what the regulation requires.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
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09/09/2025
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Whitefish Care and Rehabilitation
1305 E 7th St Whitefish, MT 59937
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to complete a thorough investigation and take necessary action to protect a resident from ongoing abuse for a resident-to-resident sexual incident, and the facility failed to implement monitoring for the initiating resident, and failed to incorporate staff education for the prevention of abuse, for 2 (#s 1 and 2) of 8 sampled residents.
Findings include:A review of a facility reported incident, dated 8/24/25, showed resident #1 was found in resident #2's room by two staff members.
Resident # 2 was lying in his bed with his brief undone, and resident #1 had her hand on his penis. Resident #1 was redirected to her room, and both residents were assessed for injury.During an interview on 9/9/25 at 9:58 a.m., staff member B stated she received a call early in the morning on 8/24/25, from the ADON at the facility, informing her of a resident-to-resident sexual incident between the two residents, #1 and #2.
She stated she went to the facility to start an investigation.A review of the facility's investigation documents, dated 8/24/25 and 8/29/25, was lacking staff education for abuse prevention related to the two residents and for monitoring for sexual behaviors for resident #1.A review of a facility document/roster titled, In Service Training, dated 7/31/25, showed: abuse/neglect in the content of the training.
This in-service training occurred three weeks prior to the incident with residents #1 and #2.
There was no documentation for staff abuse training after the incident occurred for future prevention of abuse.
During an interview on 9/9/25 at 2:03 p.m., Staff member B stated that the staff was charting behavior monitoring for resident #1 but did not know if sexual behaviors were identified and targeted for ongoing monitoring.A review of resident #1's care plan showed: BEHAVIORS: [Resident #1] has had some manifestations of her Bi-polar, she has been shouting out and wandering with the efforts to elope., with a date initiated of 8/7/2024 and a revision on 12/1/2024. No focus areas, goals, or interventions for sexual behaviors were noted on resident #1's care plan.
Facility ID:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
A.
Building
COMPLETED
09/09/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Whitefish Care and Rehabilitation
1305 E 7th St Whitefish, MT 59937
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to update a resident's care plan to include sexual behaviors towards others, which could be abuse, for 1(#1) of 8 sampled residents.
Findings include:Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to update a resident care plan to include sexual behaviors directed towards others which could be abuse, for 1 (#1) of # sampled residents.
Findings include:A review of a facility reported incident, dated 8/24/25, showed resident #1 was found in resident #2's room by two staff member, and resident #2 had her hand on resident #1's genitals. A review of resident #1's current comprehensive care plan, accessed on 9/9/25, showed: Behaviors: [Resident #1] has had some manifestations of her Bi-polar, she has been shouting out and wandering with the efforts to elope., with a date Initiated of 08/07/2024 and a revision on 12/01/2024. Resident #1's care plan failed to show a focus area, goals, or interventions for sexual behaviors or potential sexual abuse towards others.During an interview on 9/9/25 at 2:03 p.m., staff member B stated resident #1's sexual behaviors had not been added to her care plan.
Staff member B further stated that resident #1's sexual behaviors should have been care planned.A review of a facility policy titled, Comprehensive Care Plans, with a revision date of 7/1/25, showed: PolicyIt is the policy of this facility to develop and implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan for each resident, consistent with resident rights, .A review of a facility policy titled, Care Plan Revisions Upon Status Change, with a revision date of 7/1/25, showed: PolicyThe purpose of this procedure is to provide a consistent process for reviewing and revising the care plan for those residents experiencing a status change.Policy Explanation and Compliance Guidelines:1.
The comprehensive care plan will be reviewed, and revised as necessary, when a resident experiences a status change.
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