Inspection Results » Westchester Care Center

  1. Health Inspection on May 16, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. (Corrected 2018-07-10)
      • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (Corrected 2018-07-10)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Corrected 2018-07-10)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-07-10)
      • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (Corrected 2018-07-10)
      • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Corrected 2018-07-10)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Corrected 2018-07-10)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-07-10)

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