Inspection Results » Las Palmas Healthcare Center

  1. Health Inspection on September 7, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Ensure each residentÂ’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (Corrected 2018-10-02)
      • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is ne (Corrected 2018-10-02)

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]

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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