Welcome Home (oak Harbor Senior Memory Care)

Failed to ensure 4 of 4 staff completed national fingerprint background checks within 120 days of hire.

Failed to ensure 6 of 8 staff met long-term care worker training requirements (basic and specialty training).

Facility failed to notify physician or evaluate the significance of Resident 6's consistent refusal of multiple prescribed medications.

Facility failed to ensure 5 of 5 staff initiated tuberculosis (TB) screening within three days of employment.

Facility failed to ensure 2 of 6 dietary staff had a current food worker card (FWC).

Failed to obtain medications in a timely manner for 5 of 7 residents, resulting in missed doses.

Facility failed to ensure Staff C had a character, competence and suitability (CCS) review completed after a background check showed required review.

Facility failed to ensure 6 of 6 staff met long-term care worker training requirements.

Failed to maintain valid CPR and first-aid cards for several staff members within 30 days of hire.

Failed to investigate and document incidents following falls for 4 residents, including a leg injury.

Facility failed to notify Construction Review Services regarding the change of 4 resident rooms to office space.

The licensee failed to ensure three staff members completed national fingerprint background checks within 120 days of their date of hire. This is an uncorrected deficiency previously cited on September 19, 2025, and December 5, 2025.

The licensee failed to ensure six staff members met the long-term care workers training requirements under WAC 388-112A. This is an uncorrected deficiency for subsections (2)(b) and (d), previously cited on September 19, 2025, and December 5, 2025.

Five staff members failed to complete national fingerprint background check within 120 days of hire.

One staff member was not screened for tuberculosis within three days of employment.

Six staff members failed to meet long-term care workers training requirements.

The facility failed to complete a full assessment for 3 of 3 newly admitted residents within 14 days of admission.

Unable to provide documentation for semi-annual kitchen suppression system servicing.

5 oxygen cylinders in oxygen storage room are not secured to prevent the cylinders from falling.

Power strip plugged into another power strip at the reception desk.

Unable to provide documentation for monthly single station smoke alarm testing.

Facility cannot provide documentation for the completion of twelve planned and unannounced fire drills in the previous 12 months. Multiple shifts and quarters are missing.

Unable to provide documentation for annual fire door inspection.

The back gate from the yard is locked from the outside with a padlock, preventing residents and staff from exiting to a safe area.

Missing documentation for annual sprinkler inspection, forward flow test, missing hydraulic calculation signage, and spare sprinkler heads not replaced with current heads.

Facility is unable to provide documentation for the monthly 30 second activation test for the emergency lights.

The facility failed to report a COVID-19 outbreak involving 19 residents to the Local Health Jurisdiction (LHJ), preventing the facility from receiving current outbreak guidance.

Facility failed to maintain a safe, sanitary environment: loose toilet riser, unsecured oxygen tanks, loose non-skid strips on ramp, uneven ramp gap, unsecured generator cover, and a broken fan in the kitchen.

Failed to ensure 2 of 6 staff members completed required 12 hours of continuing education.

Failed to submit background check authorization within one business day for 2 of 6 staff members.

Failed to ensure 6 of 6 sampled staff completed First Aid/CPR training that included the first aid component.

Failed to maintain documentation showing staff completed required dementia and mental health training.

Failed to ensure 2 of 6 staff members were screened for TB within three days of hire.

Heat wrap and insulation hanging on the outside sprinkler piping near the south east exit.

Facility unable to provide an inventory list for monthly single station smoke alarm testing.

Kitchen suppression system installed with 450 degree fusible links with no evidence of a proper heat test in accordance with manufacturer instructions.