Inspection Results » Downey Care Center

  1. Health Inspection on April 22, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Keep all essential equipment working safely. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • 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 2018-05-16)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-05-16)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. (Corrected 2018-05-16)

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]

About The Inspection Process


References

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