Inspection Results » Advantage Living Center - Battle Creek

Health Inspection on November 16, 2018 ^[1]

1. Isolated: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy

   • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2019-02-11)

2. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy

   • Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-02-11)
   • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-12-28)

3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy

   • Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room). (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. (Corrected 2018-12-28)

4. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy

   • Protect a residents' right to refuse some types of non-requested transfers within the nursing home. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Notify the resident or the residentÂ’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the residentÂ’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • 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 2018-12-28)
   • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • 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 2018-12-28)
   • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • 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 2018-12-28)
   • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-12-28)
   • Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. (Corrected 2018-12-28)