Inspection Results » Kingsbrook Lifecare Center

  1. Health Inspection on March 28, 2019 [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 2019-04-19)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-04-19)
      • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Corrected 2019-04-19)
      • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Corrected 2019-04-19)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2019-04-19)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2019-04-19)
      • Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (Corrected 2019-04-19)
      • 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 2019-04-19)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2019-04-19)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2019-04-19)

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