Inspection Results » Diversicare of Amory

  1. Health Inspection on March 17, 2017 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. (Corrected 2017-04-27)
    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 2017-04-27)
      • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined safe. (Corrected 2017-04-27)
      • Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in physical or mental health. (Corrected 2017-04-27)
      • Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2017-04-27)
      • Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care. (Corrected 2017-04-27)
      • Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards. (Corrected 2017-04-27)
      • Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor. (Corrected 2017-04-27)
      • Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%. (Corrected 2017-06-13)
      • Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading. (Corrected 2017-04-27)

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