Ministry Of Health Changes Audit Rules After Rest Home Closure
18 November, 2009
The Ministry of Health has changed rest home inspection procedures, following criticism in the wake of the closing of a Palmerston North home yesterday.
After receiving photographs of a 103-year-old resident tied to a bed and complaints about conditions at the Rose A Lea rest home, MidCentral District Health Board (DHB) ordered a spot inspection.
The DHB revoked the license of owners Bryan and Joyce Wenmoth to operate the rest home and moved the 13 residents out.
Rose A Lea had been audited by a ministry contracted team in March.
Ministry's quality and safety manager Rose Hall today told Radio New Zealand it had changed how it conducted inspections.
The operators of Rose A Lea had known when the March audit would take place , she said.
From next year, rest home operators faced unannounced, spot inspections to check for any "slippage" of care , she said.
Even in the March audit, the Rose A Lea home had been found lacking.
At the time of the surveillance audit, there were eight criteria that received a partial attainment rating.
They fell into a range of areas, including "quality and risk management", Ms Hall said.
These included a process for approving restraints.
Others areas of concern highlighted included issues with "medication management" -- amid reports of untrained caregivers injecting residents with morphine and insulin -- and infection control.
Abridged
SOURCE: VOZY.CO.NZ
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