Blossom Health Care Center Inc.

Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Post nurse staffing information every day.

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

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

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

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

Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

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

Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.

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.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

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

Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

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

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

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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.

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

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

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

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program for mentally-ill and mentally-retarded patients.

Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.

Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions.

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

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