Inspection Results » River View on the Appomattox Health & Rehab Center

  1. Health Inspection on April 27, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: 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 2018-05-31)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
      • 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 2018-05-31)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-05-31)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-05-31)

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