Cadia Rehabilitation Broadmeadow

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

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

Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.

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.

Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.

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

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.

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

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

Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing 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.

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

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 a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

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

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

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.