Highland Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

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 a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

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.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.

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

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.

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 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.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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

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.

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.

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.

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Post nurse staffing information every day.

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

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

Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

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.

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

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

Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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

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

Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

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.

Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.

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.

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and home-like environment; and allow residents to use personal belongings to the extent possible.

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.

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

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

Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.

Provide food in a way that meets a resident's needs.

At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor.

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.

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

Provide timely notification to the resident before transfer or discharge.