Progress Assisted Living

Based on observation, documentation review, and interview, the manager failed to ensure medications stored by the facility were stored in a separate locked room, closet, cabinet, or self-contained unit. The deficient practice posed a risk to residents who could access the medication. Findings include: 1. During the environmental tour of the facility, the Compliance Officer observed a cubicle storage in the kitchen. The cubicle storage held resident medication unlocked. 2. The Compliance Officer observed the following medications inside the cubicle storage: -two bottles of Docusate sodium capsule 100 milligrams (MG) -one bottle of Trazodone tablet 100 MG -one bottle of Senna-plus tablet 8.6-50 MG -one bottle of Furosemide tablet 20 MG -one bottle of Risperidone tablet 3 MG -one bottle of Risperidone tablet 2 MG -one bottle of Citalopram tablet 20 MG 3. Review of the facility's policy and procedure revealed a policy titled "Medication Services", which stated "All resident medications must be secured in a locked storage area. Only the manager and trained caregivers shall be in possession of the keys to the facility's medication storage area." 4. In an interview, E1 acknowledged medications were not stored in a separate locked room, closet, cabinet, or self-contained unit used only for medication storage.