Inspection Results » Port Lavaca Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  1. Health Inspection on January 18, 2019 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. (Corrected 2019-03-04)
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. (Corrected 2019-01-21)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Encode each residentÂ’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Keep all essential equipment working safely. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
      • Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (Corrected 2019-01-19)
    4. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (Corrected 2019-01-21)

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