Aging and People with Disabilities
Safety, Oversight and Quality
Print Violation: OR0001114000
Provider Information
Gateway 2 Healthier Living
608 N CLOVERLEAF LOOP
Springfield, OR 97477
- Provider ID
- 50R388
- Phone
- (541) 744-9817
- mkinkade@gatewayliving.com
Violation Details
- Date
- 5/26/2016
- Report number
- OR0001114000
- Type
- Licensing Violation
- Level
- 2 - Minor harm or potential for moderate harm
- Allegation
- Failed to provide appropriate staffing
- Result
- Substantiated
- Rule(s) Violated
- Findings
- Not enough staff/staff training4110540070 Staffing Requirements and Training (1) STAFFING REQUIREMENTS. Facilities must have qualified awake caregivers, sufficient in number, to meet the 24hour scheduled and unscheduled needs of each resident. Caregivers provide services for residents that include assistance with activities of daily living, medication administration, residentfocused activities, supervision, and support. (3) CAREGIVER REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING. (a) The facility must have a training program that has a method to determine performance capability through a demonstration and evaluation process. (b) The facility is responsible to assure that caregivers have demonstrated satisfactory performance in any duty they are assigned. Knowledge and performance must be demonstrated in all areas within the first 30 days of hire, including, but not limited to: (A) The role of service plans in providing individualized resident care; (B) Providing assistance with the activities of daily living; (C) Changes associated with normal aging; (D) Identification of changes in the resident ' s physical, emotional and mental functioning and documentation and reporting on the resident ' s changes of condition; (E) Conditions that require assessment, treatment, observation and reporting; (F) Understanding resident actions and behavior as a form of communication; (G) Understanding and providing support for a person with dementia or related condition; (H) General food safety, serving and sanitation; and (I) If the caregiver ' s duties include the administration of medication or treatments, appropriate facility staff, in accordance with OAR 4110540055 (Medications and Treatments) must document that they have observed and evaluated the individual ' s ability to perform safe medication and treatment administration unsupervised. (c) Prior to providing personal care services for resident, caregivers must receive an orientation to the resident, including the resident ' s service plan. Staff members must be directly supervised by a qualified person until they have successfully demonstrated satisfactory performance in any task assigned and the provision of individualized resident services, as applicable. (d) Documentation must be maintained regarding training and demonstrated ability. (e) All direct caregivers must complete and document a minimum of 12 hours of inservice training annually on topics related to the provision of care for persons in a communitybased care setting, including training on chronic diseases in the facility population. (f) Staff under 18 years of age must not perform medication administration or delegated nursing tasks. Staff under the age of 18 must be directly supervised when providing bathing, toileting, incontinence care or transferring services. (g) Staff must be trained in the use of the abdominal thrust and First Aid. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training is recommended, but not required.