Inspection Results » North Winds Living Center

  1. Health Inspection on November 8, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • 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 2018-12-26)

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