Rocky Mountain Care - Maple Dell

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.

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

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

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

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.

Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.

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

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19

Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

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

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

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

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

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 medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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

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

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

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

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

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

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

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

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

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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

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.

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

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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.

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.

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.

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

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

Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.

Report COVID19 data to residents and families.

Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

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

Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

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

Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.

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

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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.

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

Post nurse staffing information every day.

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

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 enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

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

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

Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing.

Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

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