Inspection Results » Heritage Rehabilitation Center

  1. Health Inspection on February 27, 2019 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • 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 2019-04-10)
      • Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • 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 2019-04-10)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • 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 2019-04-10)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • 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 2019-04-10)
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
      • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (Corrected 2019-04-10)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. (Corrected 2019-04-10)

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