Northwood Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation

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 residents are free from significant medication errors.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

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

Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

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

The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

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

Post nurse staffing information every day.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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