The Orchard - Post Acute Care
THE ORCHARD - POST ACUTE CARE in WHITTIER, CA — inspection on November 19, 2025.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled Change in Condition dated April 2025, the P&P indicated It is the policy of this facility to ensure each resident receives quality of care and services to attain and maintain the highest practicable physical mental and psychosocial well-being in accordance with the interdisciplinary comprehensive assessment and plan of care.
The P&P indicated The nurse will perform and document an assessment of the resident and identify need for additional interventions, considering implementation of existing orders or nursing interventions or through communication with the resident's provider using SBAR (situation, background, assessment, and recommendation - a communication framework for providing concise, essential information, especially in critical situations) or similar process to obtain new orders or interventions.
The P&P indicated, The nurse will communicate the change to other departments as appropriate and updated communications will be available during morning report.
Each department notified will perform their own evaluation and assessment to determine if change requires further intervention and implement actions accordingly.
The nurse will transcribe the treatment and plan of care relative to the change of condition on the resident Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
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