Inspection Results » Wilkinson County Senior Care

  1. Health Inspection on September 22, 2017 [1]

    1. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment. (Corrected 2017-10-22)
      • Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards. (Corrected 2017-10-22)
    2. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care. (Corrected 2017-10-22)
      • Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses. (Corrected 2017-10-22)
      • Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions. (Corrected 2017-10-22)
      • Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading. (Corrected 2017-10-22)

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