Inspection Results » Nick's Health Care Center, LLC

  1. Health Inspection on March 21, 2019 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • 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 2019-05-14)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • 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 2019-05-14)
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-05-14)
      • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (Corrected 2019-05-14)

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