VESTAL PARK REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER
Inspection History Overview
Health Violations by Year
2024 12 violations
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
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 each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
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.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
2023 1 violations
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
2022 10 violations
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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 a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
2021 2 violations
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
2020 3 violations
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
2019 8 violations
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
2018 7 violations
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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 each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2016 13 violations
Let residents refuse treatment, refuse to take part in an experiment, or formulate advance directives.
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 care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident .
Make sure that each residents' abilities in activities of daily living do not decline, unless unavoidable.
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.
Ensure that residents receive proper treatment and assistive devices to maintain their vision and hearing.
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration.
Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis.
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them.
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
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Fines and Penalties by Year
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