DELAWARE COURT HEALTH CARE CENTER

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

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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.

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

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

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

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

Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.

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

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

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

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.

Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.

Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.

Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.

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

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

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

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

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.

Have an agreement with an approved laboratory to obtain services, if on-site laboratory services aren't provided.

Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.