Inspection Results » South Bay Post Acute Care

  1. Health Inspection on November 29, 2018 [1]

    1. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is ne (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2019-01-04)
      • 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 2019-01-04)

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