Inspection Results » Good Samaritan Society Betty Dare

  1. Health Inspection on February 8, 2019 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • Post nurse staffing information every day. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • 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 2019-03-22)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • 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 2019-03-22)
      • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2019-03-22)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2019-03-22)

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