Inspection Results » Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center

  1. Health Inspection on August 20, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: Immediate jeopardy to the resident health or safety
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
    2. Isolated: Actual 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 2018-10-03)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
    3. 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 2018-10-03)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
    4. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide at least one room set aside to use as a resident dining room and for activities, that is a good size, with good lighting, air flow and furniture. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Provide or arrange emergency care by a doctor 24 hours a day. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • 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 2018-10-03)
      • Notify the resident or the residentÂ’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the residentÂ’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. (Corrected 2018-10-03)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-10-03)

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