Mecklenburg Heath and Rehabilitation

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

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

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.

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

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

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