HomeMy WebLinkAboutAL-Graceful Living 2024-12-19 Com unity Advisory Committee Quarterly/Annual Visitation Report
County: Facility Type: Facility Name/Address:
Orange ❑Family Care Home ❑Nursing Home Graceful Living 624 Jones Ferry Road Carrboro, N
❑✓ Adult Care Home ❑
Visit Date: 1;/19 /24 Time spent in facility: hr 40 min Arrival time: 3 :45 ❑ am ❑✓ pm
Name of person exit interview was held with: Interview was held: ❑✓ in Person ❑ Phone
❑Admin. 21 SIC(Supervisor in Charge) ❑ Other Staff Rep. Name/Title Kuburat Ganiyu
Committee Members Present: Report Completed by:
Stephanie Boswell, Marylou Gelblum Marylou Gelblum
Number of Residents who received personal visits from committee members: 10
Resident Rights Information is clearly visible: 0 Yes ❑✓ No Ombudsman Contact Info is correct and clearly posted: 0 Yes ❑ No
The most recent survey was readily accessible: ❑Yes❑✓ No Staffing information clearly posted: ❑Yes ❑ No
(Required for Nursing Homes Only)
Resident Profile I Comments/Other Observations
1. Do the residents appear neat, clean and odor free? N/A When we arrived at 3:45 the halls and
2. Did residents say they receive assistance with personal care front waiting rooms were full of
activities?Ex. brushing their teeth, combing their hair, inserting N/A residents. No residents were
dentures or cleaning their eyeglasses? restrained but many in the hallways
3. Did you see or hear residents being encouraged to participate in N/A appeared disheveled, unkempt. Most
their care by staff members? residents we spoke with were
4. Were residents interacting with staff, other residents&visitors. Yes O forthcoming, and several explained
5. Did staff respond to or interact with residents who had difficulty
communicating or making their needs known verbally? N/A they were sitting in the front area due
6. Did you observe restraints in use? No O to floor work.
7. If so, did you ask staff about the facility's restraintpolicies? N/A
Resident Living Accommodations Yes/No/NA Comments/Other Observations
8. Did residents describe their living environment as homelike? Yes O The familiar strong odor continues to
9. Did you notice unpleasant odors in commonly used areas? Yes O permeate. Ms. Ganiyu attributed it to
10. Did you see items that could cause harm or be hazardous? Yes O men refusing to shower. The front hall
11. Did residents feel their living areas were too noisy? No O was full of artificial plants, boxes,
12. Does the facility accommodate smokers? Yes O swept piles of trash and people due to
Where? 0 Outside only❑ Inside only❑ Both Inside/Outside the change in personnel and cleaning
13. Were residents able to reach their call bells with ease? N/A O efforts of floors that da
14. Did staff answer call bells in a timely&courteous manner? N/A O y
If no, did you share this with the administrative staff?
Resident '/NA Comments/Other Observations
15. Were residents asked their preferences or opinions about the N/A O The new administration is working
activities planned for them at the facility? hard to clean the building. We were
16. Do residents have the opportunity to purchase personal items of told that staff is in place and
their choice using their monthly needs funds? Yes community involvement will be
Can residents access their monthly needs funds at their
encouraged. We will follow up and ask
convenience?
17. Are residents asked their preferences about meal/snack choices? about a Resident's Council, food
Are the given a choice about where the refer to dine? N/A O choices, and privacy of phone calls.
18. Do residents have privacy in making and receiving phone calls? N/A o Several people did mention the food is
19. Is there evidence of community involvement from other civic, good and there is enough of it,
volunteer or religious groups? N/A O although one man complained he gets
20. Does the facility have a Resident's Council? hungry in the night.
FamilyCouncil? N/A O
Areas of • •
/NA Exit Summary
Are there resident issues or topics that need follow-up or review at a later Discuss items from "Areas of Concern"Section
time or during the next visit? as well as any changes observed during the visit
We are hopeful of finding big changes in the
appearance, organization and cleanliness of the
building and clients on our next visit. Because they are
in the midst of a large scale transition, some disarray
can be expected.
We will followup with questions about whether water
fountains are installed and working, the men's side has
a phone, there is an active Resident's Council and if
there has been an increase in community involvement.
This Document is PUBLIC RECORD.Do not identify any Resident(s)by name or inference on this form.
Top Copy is for the Regional Ombudsman's Record.Bottom Copy is for the CAC's Records.
Revised 1/21/2020