Inspection Results » Hearts & Hands, Post Acute Care & Rehab Center

  1. Health Inspection on June 14, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: 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 2018-07-07)
    2. Isolated: 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 2018-07-07)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-07-07)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-07-07)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-07-07)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2018-07-07)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-07-07)
      • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (Corrected 2018-07-07)
      • 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 2018-07-07)
    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 2018-07-07)

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