Bethlehem North Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation

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.

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.

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

Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.

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

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

Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 safe, appropriate pain management 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.

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

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing.

Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

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.

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

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

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and 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.

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.

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Post nurse staffing information every day.

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

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

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

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

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.