Compassionate Care Home at Foxcroft

The facility failed to ensure that unlicensed staff authorized by a physician to perform specific care tasks were competent to perform those tasks. Specifically, medication aides were administering intramuscular (IM) injections for a resident without documented return demonstrations of competency for the procedure.

The facility failed to ensure that unlicensed staff were authorized by a physician and competent to perform intramuscular (IM) injections. Specifically, a medication aide administered a B-12 injection without physician specification of authorized staff or documented competency for the task.

The facility failed to ensure the implementation of physician orders for a resident regarding weekly weights and a urinalysis. Specifically, the facility did not follow established orders for daily weight monitoring and reporting weight changes to the primary care provider.

The facility failed to implement physician orders for one resident regarding weekly weights and a urinalysis. Specifically, the facility did not perform or document daily weights as ordered for a resident with congestive heart failure, and there were no entries for daily weights in the electronic medication administration records from June through October 2023.