Inspection Results » Gateway Post Acute

  1. Health Inspection on July 12, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
      • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (Corrected 2018-08-09)
    4. 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 N/A)

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