Inspection Results » Brookdale Palmer Ranch Skilled Nursing Facility

  1. Health Inspection on October 18, 2018 [1]

    1. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia. (Corrected 2018-11-09)
      • 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 2018-11-09)
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-11-09)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-11-09)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-11-09)

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