Inspection Results » Dreier's Nursing Care Center

  1. Health Inspection on November 21, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • 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 2018-12-28)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
      • 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 2018-12-28)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-12-28)

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