Inspection Results » Coosa Valley Health and Rehab

  1. Health Inspection on July 26, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
      • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (Corrected 2018-08-30)
    3. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (Corrected 2018-08-30)

To be part of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, nursing homes have to meet certain requirements set by Congress. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has entered into an agreement with state governments to do health inspections and fire safety inspections of these nursing homes and investigate complaints about nursing home care. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Inspection-Results.html