Inspection Results » Alamo Heights Health and Rehabilitation Center

  1. Health Inspection on November 9, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-11-29)
      • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (Corrected 2018-11-29)
      • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Corrected 2018-11-12)
      • Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. (Corrected 2018-11-12)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Corrected 2018-11-12)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2018-11-30)
    4. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (Corrected 2018-11-12)

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