Inspection Results » Focused Care at Allenbrook

  1. Health Inspection on August 10, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-09-11)
      • 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 2018-09-11)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-09-11)
      • 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 2018-09-11)
      • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (Corrected 2018-09-11)
      • Ensure each residentÂ’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (Corrected 2018-09-11)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (Corrected 2018-09-11)

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