Care One At New Bedford

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.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

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

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

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

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

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

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.

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

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

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.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.

Have a Compliance and Ethics Program.

Report COVID19 data to residents and families.

Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.

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.

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

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

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.

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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

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

The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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.

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

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.

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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 menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

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

Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.

Use identical practices regarding transfer, discharge, and services for all residents, regardless of payment source

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.

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

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

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.

Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.

Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.