Inspection Results » Aperion Care Peoria Heights

  1. Health Inspection on March 20, 2019 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Keep all essential equipment working safely. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • 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 2019-04-05)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • 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 2019-04-05)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install (Corrected 2019-04-05)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2019-04-05)
      • 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 2019-04-05)

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