Inspection Results » Watertown Convalarium, Inc

  1. Health Inspection on November 29, 2018 [1]

    1. Isolated: Immediate jeopardy to the resident health or safety
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
    2. Isolated: Actual 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 2019-01-31)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
      • Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
    4. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
      • Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
      • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
      • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2019-01-15)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
    5. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
      • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (Corrected 2019-01-31)
    6. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for minimal harm
      • Encode each residentÂ’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. (Corrected 2019-01-15)
      • Assure that each residentÂ’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. (Corrected 2019-01-15)
      • 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 2019-01-31)

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