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Company: Wilkes County Adult Care
Penalty: $138,750
Year: 2022
Date: December 21, 2022
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: nursing home violation
Violation Description: 10A NCAC 13F . 901(b) Personal Care and Supervision; 10A NCAC .0305(h)4 Physical Environment; G.S. 131D-21(4) Adult Care Home Residents' Bill of Rights:Facility failed to assure staff provided supervision in accordance with the assessed needs, care plan and current symptoms for nine residents leaving the building unsupervised without staff knowledge resulting in one resident diagnosed with dementia exiting at night in freezing weather falling causing injury, one resident crossing a busy state highway, one resident leaving twice, one arrested for vandalism and property damage; one resident overdosing three times; residents smoking in building one resulting in injury to fingertips, and residents assaulting other residents. Facility failed to assure that four of six coded exits doors accessible by residents were maintained secure with alarms deactivated only by designated staff.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: North Carolina
Facility County: Wilkes
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