Inspection Results » Envoy of Alexandria, LLC

  1. Health Inspection on January 25, 2019 [1]

    1. 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 2019-03-05)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • 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 2019-03-05)
      • Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2019-03-05)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2019-03-05)

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