Resident Complaints » Rural Health Care Center

  1. Health Inspection on October 24, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (Corrected 2018-11-23)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2018-11-23)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-11-23)
      • 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 2018-11-23)

You may file a complaint with your state if you have a concern about the quality of care you or your family member gets from a nursing home and do not get a satisfactory resolution from your nursing home.

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html