Inspection Results » Uptown Westerville Healthcare

  1. Health Inspection on July 16, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • 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 2018-08-14)
      • Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • 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 2018-08-14)
      • 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 2018-08-14)
      • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-08-14)
      • 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 2018-08-14)
      • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Corrected 2018-08-14)

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