Facility Evaluation Report

On 10/27/2023, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Antonine Richard conducted an announced annual required visit using the new Care Inspection Tool. LPA meet with licensee Tiki Thompson and explained the purpose of today’s inspection visit. The facility is license for four (4) of which three (3) are non-ambulatory clients between the ages of 18-59. Currently, the facility home has three (3) clients.

The facility is a one-story house located in a residential neighborhood and consists of four (4) bedrooms, two (2) bathrooms, two (2) car garage, living room, family room, dining area, and kitchen. LPA and Licensee toured the physical plant. The facility is clean, sanitary, and in good repair. Protective devices are in place to include non-slip material on rugs. All window screens are clean and in good repair. The facility temperature is between 68 degrees and 85 degrees. LPA observed non-hazard tank-less water heater and a cooling/heating tank on the west side of the premises.

The facility has three (3) bedrooms for non-ambulatory clients and one (1) bedroom for an ambulatory client. All rooms include (1) a bed, one (1) chair, one (1) nightstand, and one (1) table lamp. Client bedrooms are large enough to allow for easy passage and to accommodate furniture and assertive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, or oxygen equipment. No client bedroom is a passageway to another room, bath, or toilet. There are no staff bedrooms.

The home has two (2) bathrooms. All resident bathrooms have a working toilet, washbasin, and shower with grab bars and non-skid mats. A first aid kit is stored in a locked cabinet which has at least the following: thermometer, tweezers, scissors, antiseptic, bandages, gauze, and current first aid manual locked and inaccessible to clients. The client's medications will be stored in a locked cabinet in the laundry/kitchen area.