PENNYPACK REHAB AND CARE CENTER

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

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

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

Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.

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

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

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

Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

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

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

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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

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

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

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

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.