Inspection Results » Symphony of Chesterton LLC

  1. Health Inspection on June 26, 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 2018-07-17)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Ensure each residentÂ’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2018-07-17)
      • 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 2018-07-17)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-07-17)

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