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Community Advisory Committee Quarterly/Annual Visitation Report <br /> County: ORANGE Facility Type: Facility Name/Address: <br /> ❑Family Care Home ❑Nursing Home The Stratford <br /> ❑x Adult Care Home 405 Smith Level Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> Visit Date: 8/28/2023 Time spent in facility: 50 min Arrival time: 2:00 Elam ❑x m <br /> Name of person exit interview was held with: Interview was held: ❑X in Person ❑Phone <br /> ❑Admin. ❑x SIC (Supervisor in Charge) ❑Other Staff Rep. Crystal Tinnen <br /> Committee Members Present: Karen Green-McElveen, MaryLou Gelblum, Shade Little Report Completed by: Shade Little <br /> Number of Residents who received personal visits from committee members: 15 <br /> Resident Rights Information is clearly visible: ❑x Yes❑No Ombudsman Contact Info is correct and clear) posted: 0 Yes❑No <br /> The most recent survey was readily accessible: ❑Yes❑No Staffing information clearly posted: Z Yes❑No <br /> Re uired for Nursing Homes Onl <br /> Resident •file Yes/No/NA Comments/Other Observations <br /> 1. Do the residents appear neat, clean and odor free? Y <br /> 2. Did residents say they receive assistance with personal care <br /> activities? Ex. brushing their teeth, combing their hair, inserting NA <br /> dentures or cleaning their eyeglasses? <br /> 3. Did you see or hear residents being encouraged to participate in N <br /> their care by staff members? <br /> 4. Were residents interacting with staff, other residents&visitors? Y <br /> 5. Did staff respond to or interact with residents who had difficulty NA <br /> communicating or making their needs known verbally? <br /> 6. Did you observe restraints in use? N <br /> 7. If so, did you ask staff about the facility's restraintpolicies? NA <br /> Resident Living Accommodations Yes/No/NA Comments/Other Observations <br /> 1. Did residents describe their living environment as homelike? N <br /> 2. Did you notice unpleasant odors in commonly used areas? Y Memory Care Unit: Strong offensive odor was <br /> 3. Did you see items that could cause harm or be hazardous? N present initially, but after it was mentioned to staff, <br /> 4. Did residents feel their living areas were too noisy? N most of the odor was eliminated by the time we left. <br /> 5. Does the facility accommodate smokers? Y New chairs with arms and Ieatherlike seats(for easy <br /> Where?❑x Outside only❑Inside only❑Both Inside/Outside cleaning)were present, replacing uncomfortable and <br /> 6. Were residents able to reach their call bells with ease? NA limited alternative seating a few years ago. <br /> 7. Did staff answer call bells in a timely&courteous manner? NA <br /> If no, did you share this with the administrative staff? <br /> Resident •/NA Comments/Other Observations <br /> 1. Were residents asked their preferences or opinions about the NA There was a TV turned on in the sitting area off the <br /> activities planned for them at the facility? dining room, but the picture was bluish and the TV <br /> 2. Do residents have the opportunity to purchase personal items of Y very small.The Director said the larger TV had been <br /> their choice using their monthly needs funds? broken. <br /> Can residents access their monthly needs funds at their Y The dayroom was full of participants,4 or 5 playing <br /> convenience? cards(card games are serious business), some <br /> 3. Are residents asked their preferences about meal/snack choices? N watching TV, others sitting near each other in <br /> Are they given a choice about where they prefer to dine? N wheelchairs.The library room is also being used. <br /> 4. Do residents have privacy in making and receiving hone calls? Y Residents agreed the food was good,there was <br /> 5. Is there evidence of community involvement from other civic, N plenty of it, and that they could go to administration <br /> volunteer or religious groups? 1 with complaints or requests. <br /> 6. Does the facility have a Resident's Council? Y <br /> Family Council? <br /> Areas of • • <br /> /NA Exit Summary <br /> Are there resident issues or topics that need follow-up or review at a later N <br /> time or during the next visit? <br /> Community Advisory Committee Quarterly/Annual Visitation Report <br /> This Document is PUBLIC RECORD.Do not identify any Resident(s)by name or inference on this form. <br /> Top Copes is for the Regional Ombudsman's Record.Bottom Copy is for the CAC's Records. <br />