Inspection Results » The Terraces of Phoenix

  1. Health Inspection on August 24, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (Corrected 2018-10-10)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure each residentÂ’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (Corrected 2018-10-10)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-10-10)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-10-10)
      • 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 2018-10-10)

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