The Guardian Center

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.

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.

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

Let residents refuse treatment, refuse to take part in an experiment, or formulate advance directives.

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident .

Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.

Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.