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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
44 GREENBRIAR HEALTHCARE 305005 55 HARRIS ROAD NASHUA NH 3062 2018-12-19 692 E 0 1 P2R411 Based on interview, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to monitor significant weight loss for 4 residents in a final survey sample of 40 residents. (Resident identifiers are #15, #105, #118, and #196.) Findings include: Review on 12/18/18 of the Facility Policy titled, Weight Measurement, dated 5/23/18 revealed that .All residents with significant weight changes will be rewighed to assure accuracy of the weight. Verify re-weigh for accuracy and documentation purposes .Residents with significant unintended weight changes will be added to weekly weight X (times) 4 weeks or until weight stabilizes . Resident #15 Interview on 12/13/18 at approximately 12:00 p.m. with Resident #15 revealed that Resident #15 stated that they had a weight loss. Review on 12/14/18 of Resident #15's weight documentation log revealed that Resident #15 had a weight loss from 105 pounds on 6/4/18 to 92 pounds on 11/5/18. This was a 12.3% loss in approximately 5 months. Resident #15's weight on 10/8/18 had been 98 pounds, which indicated a 6 pound or 6.1% weight loss in 1 month The review also revealed that after the weight that was documented on 11/5/18 indicating the 6 pound weight loss, there was not another documented weight until 12/9/18. The review also revealed that the Resident #15's weight was documented approximately once a month and that the last documented weight was the one taken on 12/9/18. Resident #118 Review on 12/14/18 of Resident #118's weight documentation log revealed that Resident #118 had an unintended weight loss from 200 pounds on 7/20/18 to 186 pounds on 8/6/18. This represented a 7% weight loss in 17 days. There was no documentation of a reweight to confirm this weight loss in one month and the next documented weight for Resident #118 was on 9/4/18, which was 187 pounds. Resident #118's weight on 12/5/18 was 171.5 pounds which represents a 14.2% loss in less than 5 months. There were no documented weights since the one obtained on 12/5/18. The review of weights documented for Resident #118, since their admission on 7/20/18, revealed that Resident #118's weight is documented approximately once a month and that the last documented weight was the one taken on 12/5/18. Resident #196 Interview on 12/14/18 at approximately 8:40 a.m. with Resident #196 revealed that Resident #196 stated that they had a weight loss. Review on 12/14/18 of Resident #196's weight documentation log revealed that Resident #196 had a weight loss from 141.5 pounds on 6/5/18 to 126 pounds on 9/1/18. This was a 10.9% weight loss in less than 3 months. After the documented weight on 9/1/18, another weight was not documented on Resident #196 until 10/1/18, which was 126.2 pounds. The next weight documented after the 10/1/18 weight on Resident #196 was not until 11/16/18, which was 128 pounds. Review on 12/18/18 of Resident #196's .Medical Nutrition Therapy Assessment . dated 11/15/18, revealed that the Dietitian documented that Resident #196 had a weight loss and when documenting the Most Recent Weight the dietitian indicated that the most recent weight was taken on 10/1/18. Resident #105 Interview on 12/14/18 at approximately 8:34 a.m. with Resident #105 revealed that Resident #105 stated that they had a weight loss. Review on 12/14/18 of Resident #105's weight documentation log revealed that Resident #105 had a documented weight on 8/6/18 of 138 pounds. The next weight documented for Resident #105 was on 9/4/18, which was 127 pounds. This was a 7.9% weight loss in approximately a month. There were no documented reweights to confirm this loss and the next documented weight for Resident #105 was on 10/26/18. Interview on 12/18/18 at approximately 9:05 a.m. with Staff J (Unit Manager) regarding the weights for each of the above referenced residents confirmed that when there was a significant weight change a reweight should have been obtained either that day or the next day. 2020-09-01