Inspection Results » River Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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

    1. Pattern: Immediate jeopardy to the resident health or safety
      • Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
    2. Isolated: Immediate jeopardy to the resident health or safety
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • 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 2018-06-07)
      • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident's record. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. (Corrected 2018-06-07)
      • 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 2018-06-07)
      • Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. (Corrected 2018-06-07)

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