Inspection Results » Tobacco Root Mountains Care Center

  1. Health Inspection on May 3, 2018 [1]

    1. Isolated: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
    2. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
    3. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • 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 2018-06-17)
    4. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Provide appropriate foot care. (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is ne (Corrected 2018-06-17)
      • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (Corrected 2018-06-17)

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