Inspection Results » Riverview, The

  1. Health Inspection on December 3, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • 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 2019-01-16)
      • Encode each residentÂ’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • 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 2019-01-16)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition (Corrected 2019-01-16)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2019-01-16)

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