Inspection Results » Brandywine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

  1. Health Inspection on October 25, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (Corrected 2019-01-26)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-01-26)
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • 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 2018-12-26)
      • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • 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 2018-12-26)
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • 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 2018-12-26)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. (Corrected 2018-12-26)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2019-01-26)
      • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. (Corrected 2018-12-26)

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