Embassy Of Newark

Review of facility policy, Visitation, dated 2017, revealed the facility provides 24-hour access to all individuals visiting with the consent of the resident.

Some visitation may be subject to reasonable restrictions as outlined in licensure and/or that protect the security of the facility's residents such as: Limiting or supervising visits from persons who are known or suspected to be abusive or exploitative to a resident; denying access to individuals who are found to have been committing criminal acts; and denying access to visitors who are inebriated or disruptive.

Review of the undated facility policy, Abuse, Neglect, Exploration and Misappropriation of Resident's Property and Injuries of Unknown Sources, revealed the definition of neglect to be recklessly failing to provide a resident with any treatment, care, goods or services necessary to maintain the health or safety of the resident when the failure results in serious physical harm to the resident.

Residents that may be at increased risk include behaviorally disturbed residents-aggressive, agitated.

The policy further stated that the facility will strive to identify, correct and intervene in situations in which abuse, neglect more likely to occur, including: the assessment, care planning and monitoring of residents with needs and behaviors which might lead to conflict or neglect, such as residents with a history of aggressive behaviors such as entering other residents' rooms, residents with self-injurious behaviors, residents with communication disorders, those that require heavy nursing care and/or totally dependent on staff.This deficiency represents non-compliance investigated under Complaint Number 2654456.

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