Inspection Results » Apple Rehab Cromwell

  1. Health Inspection on June 8, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2018-06-28)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • 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 2018-06-27)
      • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-06-27)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-06-27)

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