Inspection Results » Twin Lakes Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

  1. Health Inspection on February 13, 2019 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Ensure each residentÂ’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • 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 2019-03-28)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • 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 2019-03-28)
      • Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Corrected 2019-03-28)
      • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. (Corrected 2019-03-28)

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