Inspection Results » Walter Reed Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center

  1. Health Inspection on August 23, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-08-23)
    2. 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 2018-09-26)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
    4. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
      • Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
      • 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 2018-09-26)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-09-26)
      • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. (Corrected 2018-09-26)

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