Inspection Results » Prestige Post-Acute and Rehab Center - Edmonds

  1. Health Inspection on April 26, 2018 [1]

    1. Isolated: Immediate jeopardy to the resident health or safety
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
    2. Isolated: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • 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 2018-05-22)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • 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 2018-05-22)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
    3. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations and emergencies. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • 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 2018-05-22)
      • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
    4. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2018-05-22)
    5. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • 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 2018-05-22)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the residentÂ’s advance directives. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-05-22)
      • 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 2018-05-22)

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