Inspection Results » Abby Gardens Healthcare Center

  1. Health Inspection on October 18, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. (Corrected 2018-11-19)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-11-19)

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