Inspection Results » Fulton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare

  1. Health Inspection on September 13, 2017 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity. (Corrected 2017-11-12)
      • 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 2017-11-12)
      • Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. (Corrected 2017-11-12)
      • Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading. (Corrected 2017-11-12)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Corrected 2017-11-12)
      • Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (Corrected 2017-11-12)
      • Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2017-11-12)
      • Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident . (Corrected 2017-11-12)
      • Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible. (Corrected 2017-11-12)
      • Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses. (Corrected 2017-11-12)

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