Parkside Retirement Community

Appliances were found plugged into power strips instead of being plugged directly into a wall receptacle.

There are penetrations in fire-rated walls above the drop ceiling throughout the facility.

Dietary aides (Staff J, K, and L) failed to wash hands in a handwashing sink after handling dirty dishes/surfaces and before serving food, relying only on sanitizer and glove changes.

Facility failed to ensure staff completed required professional certifications and trainings (Staff A, C, D, and E).

Facility failed to ensure safe storage of oxygen cylinders in storage room 1; several cylinders were not stored upright or secured as required by policy.

Facility changed five resident apartments into offices or storage without prior notification to or approval from construction review services.

Facility failed to manage food service facilities in compliance with food sanitation and handwashing requirements.

Facility failed to ensure 3 of 3 staff (A, B, C) were screened for Tuberculosis within three days of employment.

Facility failed to ensure 1 of 3 pets (cat) was current with veterinary examinations and certified to be free of diseases transmittable to humans.

Facility failed to ensure 4 of 9 sampled residents received medications as prescribed due to unavailability and failure to coordinate refills with pharmacies/physicians.

Facility failed to ensure 7 of 9 residents received and signed a copy of the facility's policy on accepting Medicaid payments.

Facility failed to protect residents from verbal abuse by another resident, causing emotional and psychological harm and affecting resident dignity.

Facility failed to ensure 1 of 3 newly hired staff (Staff A) completed a national fingerprint background check within 120 days of hire.

Facility failed to complete mandatory Washington State name and date of birth background inquiries every two years for 3 of 3 sampled staff.

Facility failed to keep halls and exterior paths free of trip hazards.

Dietary aide failed to follow proper hand sanitation guidelines during resident food services.

Two care staff failed to complete all required professional certification.

Dietary aide failed to follow proper hand sanitation guidelines during resident food services.

Two pets were not current with examinations and veterinarian certification for diseases.

Two care staff failed to complete all required professional certification.

Two care staff failed to complete all required professional certification.

Dietary aide failed to follow proper hand sanitation guidelines in the dining room.

Two care staff failed to complete all required professional certifications.

Dietary aide failed to follow proper hand sanitation guidelines in the dining room.

Two pets were not current with examinations and certifications to be free of diseases transmittable to humans.

Two care staff failed to complete all required professional certifications.

Two care staff failed to complete all required professional certifications.

Cigarette butts discarded in vegetation/brush at five locations: maintenance office, smoking area, front of building, exit by room 22, and room 12.

Portable heater in the kitchen is sitting on a combustible liner inside a cabinet with signs of a leak.

Four sprinklers in the Green River room have objects hanging from them.

Kitchen has a power strip plugged into another power strip at the desk.

Facility unable to provide records of annual fire-resistant-rated construction inspections/repairs.

No service records for kitchen suppression system showing semi-annual maintenance in the last 12 months.

Cigarette butts found on the ground next to the no smoking sign behind the maintenance office.

Power strip in the kitchen is dangling by its cord.

Ceiling tile in the hallway by room 133 has been cut, leaving a large gap.

Unsecured oxygen bottle in the Wellness room (by room 8).

The ash tray in the smoking area by the kitchen is made of plastic and does not meet noncombustible requirements.

Maintenance office has extension cords in use.

Unable to provide annual fire door inspection records; multiple doors (Maintenance office, FD 5 by room 16, and Cross corridor by room 133) failed to latch.

Facility failed to ensure a safe environment approved by the state fire marshal, having received a failed inspection report for multiple fire safety violations and lacking required documentation.

Employee Laundry door did not close / latch properly when tested.

Facility unable to provide documentation for annual generator inspection; currently looking for a contractor.