Inspection Results » Hillcrest Health & Rehab

  1. Health Inspection on August 2, 2017 [1]

    1. Isolated: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions. (Corrected 2017-08-31)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide housekeeping and maintenance services. (Corrected 2017-08-31)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. (Corrected 2017-08-31)
      • Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being. (Corrected 2017-08-31)
      • Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. (Corrected 2017-08-31)
      • Ensure residents have the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules, and health care according to their interests, assessments, and plans of care. (Corrected 2017-08-31)
      • Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%. (Corrected 2017-08-31)
    4. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis. (Corrected 2017-08-31)

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