Inspection Results » Germantown Home

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

    1. Pattern: 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 2019-03-06)
      • The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (Corrected 2019-03-06)
      • 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 2019-03-06)
      • Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. (Corrected 2019-03-06)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-03-06)
    2. 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 2019-03-06)
      • Keep all essential equipment working safely. (Corrected 2019-03-06)
      • Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (Corrected 2019-03-06)
      • Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-03-06)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2019-03-06)
    3. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. (Corrected 2019-03-06)

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