Aria Healthcare Group Ltd

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First report 29 Mar 2016•Latest report 29 Mar 2016

Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
100%

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Concerns addressed
2

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Stated actions
12

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  1. Addressed to “CARING HOMES HEALTHCARE GROUP LIMITED”, a former name of Aria Healthcare Group Ltd.

    Norfolk

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    PAMELA JOYCE THURSTON · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Pamela Joyce Thurston, a resident of Cedar Care Home with Alzheimer's dementia, choked on toast after being given food following an approximately 17-hour period without eating and without direct supervision. She developed bronchopneumonia and died in hospital two days later. The substantive concerns included her not being given breakfast, the lack of direct supervision while eating, and the response to the choking incident.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Aria Healthcare Group Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to provide direct supervision during eating for residents who require it

    Wider context from the report

    “Mrs Pamela Thurston was a resident at Cedar Care Home in Yelverton. She suffered from Alzheimer's dementia and required prompting in order to eat meals and also supervision in doing so. Approximately two weeks prior to her death, Mrs Thurston was found to have stored prune stones in her mouth and had to be encouraged to spit them out. This was reported to the Care Home Manager and thereafter she was given prunes with stones removed. Her care plan was not altered, but a note was made for the chef to this effect. The Care Home procedure for checking that residents had been fed at mealtimes was that the chef would tick off the residents on a list kept in the kitchen. The residents were given their evening meal at approximately 5pm, and breakfasts were served from approximately 8am onwards following the staff handover at that time from night to day shift. On the morning of 5 July 2015, Mrs Thurston had awoken early as was her tendency, and was sitting in the care home conservatory. At approximately 11am, one of the staff became aware that she had not been given any breakfast and a decision was made to give her some toast. This was given to Mrs Thurston who proceeded to eat the toast so quickly that it became stuck in her airway which caused her to choke. Attempts were made to remove the toast when the attention of the staff was drawn to this by another resident. The nurse on duty was in a position to observe Mrs Thurston, but did not directly supervise her in eating the toast. The nurse was unable to remove the toast from Mrs Thurston's airway. Her subsequent attempts at CPR were unsuccessful, and heart rhythm was not restored until the arrival of paramedics. Mrs Thurston developed bronchopneumonia as a consequence of the choking incident, and subsequently died on 7 July 2015 in hospital. It appears that Mrs Thurston ate the toast she had been given too quickly as a consequence of being hungry, having had no food since the previous evening approximately between 5pm and 6pm, being a period of around 17 hours. When given the toast, she was left to eat this without direct supervision. She choked on the toast, and died in hospital two days later. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Aria Healthcare Group Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to update care plans following identified choking risks

    Wider context from the report

    “Mrs Pamela Thurston was a resident at Cedar Care Home in Yelverton. She suffered from Alzheimer's dementia and required prompting in order to eat meals and also supervision in doing so. Approximately two weeks prior to her death, Mrs Thurston was found to have stored prune stones in her mouth and had to be encouraged to spit them out. This was reported to the Care Home Manager and thereafter she was given prunes with stones removed. Her care plan was not altered, but a note was made for the chef to this effect. The Care Home procedure for checking that residents had been fed at mealtimes was that the chef would tick off the residents on a list kept in the kitchen. The residents were given their evening meal at approximately 5pm, and breakfasts were served from approximately 8am onwards following the staff handover at that time from night to day shift. On the morning of 5 July 2015, Mrs Thurston had awoken early as was her tendency, and was sitting in the care home conservatory. At approximately 11am, one of the staff became aware that she had not been given any breakfast and a decision was made to give her some toast. This was given to Mrs Thurston who proceeded to eat the toast so quickly that it became stuck in her airway which caused her to choke. Attempts were made to remove the toast when the attention of the staff was drawn to this by another resident. The nurse on duty was in a position to observe Mrs Thurston, but did not directly supervise her in eating the toast. The nurse was unable to remove the toast from Mrs Thurston's airway. Her subsequent attempts at CPR were unsuccessful, and heart rhythm was not restored until the arrival of paramedics. Mrs Thurston developed bronchopneumonia as a consequence of the choking incident, and subsequently died on 7 July 2015 in hospital. It appears that Mrs Thurston ate the toast she had been given too quickly as a consequence of being hungry, having had no food since the previous evening approximately between 5pm and 6pm, being a period of around 17 hours. When given the toast, she was left to eat this without direct supervision. She choked on the toast, and died in hospital two days later. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Aria Healthcare Group Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to verify that residents have received their meals

    Wider context from the report

    “Mrs Pamela Thurston was a resident at Cedar Care Home in Yelverton. She suffered from Alzheimer's dementia and required prompting in order to eat meals and also supervision in doing so. Approximately two weeks prior to her death, Mrs Thurston was found to have stored prune stones in her mouth and had to be encouraged to spit them out. This was reported to the Care Home Manager and thereafter she was given prunes with stones removed. Her care plan was not altered, but a note was made for the chef to this effect. The Care Home procedure for checking that residents had been fed at mealtimes was that the chef would tick off the residents on a list kept in the kitchen. The residents were given their evening meal at approximately 5pm, and breakfasts were served from approximately 8am onwards following the staff handover at that time from night to day shift. On the morning of 5 July 2015, Mrs Thurston had awoken early as was her tendency, and was sitting in the care home conservatory. At approximately 11am, one of the staff became aware that she had not been given any breakfast and a decision was made to give her some toast. This was given to Mrs Thurston who proceeded to eat the toast so quickly that it became stuck in her airway which caused her to choke. Attempts were made to remove the toast when the attention of the staff was drawn to this by another resident. The nurse on duty was in a position to observe Mrs Thurston, but did not directly supervise her in eating the toast. The nurse was unable to remove the toast from Mrs Thurston's airway. Her subsequent attempts at CPR were unsuccessful, and heart rhythm was not restored until the arrival of paramedics. Mrs Thurston developed bronchopneumonia as a consequence of the choking incident, and subsequently died on 7 July 2015 in hospital. It appears that Mrs Thurston ate the toast she had been given too quickly as a consequence of being hungry, having had no food since the previous evening approximately between 5pm and 6pm, being a period of around 17 hours. When given the toast, she was left to eat this without direct supervision. She choked on the toast, and died in hospital two days later. ”
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    How this respondent action was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Record meal-service times and provide documented direct observation after missed meals or gaps of eight hours or more.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “5. Ensure a tick list is in the kitchen area which documents the time a service user is served with a meal in the Home. Where it is noticed that a significant period of time has passed between meals for a service user (eight hours or over), or where a service user has missed a meal, direct observations of the service user should be maintained whilst the service user is eating their meal or snack. The person in charge must designate a member of staff to undertake the observation and this should be documented in the service users notes.”

    Source location

    Thurston-Response
    Page 2 · response
    Published 29 March 2016

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    How this respondent action was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Record food served, service times and amounts consumed for residents with compromised nutritional intake.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “6. Where a service user has compromised nutritional intake, a record of food served, the time and the amount taken should be maintained as is usual procedure.”

    Source location

    Thurston-Response
    Page 2 · response
    Published 29 March 2016

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