Inspection Results » Whispering Pines Lodge

  1. Health Inspection on August 2, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: 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 2018-09-02)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (Corrected 2018-09-06)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-08-24)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-09-02)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-09-02)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2018-09-02)

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]

About The Inspection Process


References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Inspection-Results.html