Transitions Healthcare Washington Pa

An uncovered trash can containing trash and a used brief was found in the resident bathing room.

A discontinued medication (Nystatin) was still present in the home's medication cart.

The home routinely lacks a staff person qualified to administer medications during the 11:00pm to 7:30am shift, despite residents being unable to self-administer PRN medications.

A spray bottle containing green liquid was found in an unlocked, unattended housekeeping cart without a manufacturer's label.

An unlocked and accessible housekeeping cart contained Lysol and glass cleaner, which were not secured from residents.

Carbon monoxide detectors were improperly placed too close to gas furnaces and missing near the kitchen range-top.

A trash can in a shared resident bathroom was not covered.

Fire drill records failed to indicate whether drills were held in the a.m. or p.m.

A service pan of gelatin in the walk-in cooler was not labeled or dated.

An incident of verbal abuse witnessed by staff was not reported to the Area Agency on Aging until several hours later.

A staff person involved in an alleged verbal abuse incident continued to work in the home unsupervised for 45 minutes following the incident.

A staff member verbally abused a resident by yelling and using derogatory language regarding the resident's weight and health.

A staff member was observed rummaging through a resident's personal belongings, and the resident reported missing cash and a debit card.

A physical altercation occurred between two residents where one resident hit another in the breast and the other kicked the first resident in the shin.

A staff member withdrew funds from a resident's bank account for purchases, but no record of the financial transactions was maintained.