Meadow Lake Health Center

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

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

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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

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

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

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

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

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

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.

Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations and emergencies.

Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

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.

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.

Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property.

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.

Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.

Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.

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

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.

Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs.