AGAWAM SOUTH REHAB AND NURSING

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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 or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

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

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

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

Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.

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.

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

Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

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.

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

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

Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.

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

Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.

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

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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