Rockaway Care Center

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

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

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

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

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.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

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

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

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

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

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

Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.

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

Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

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

Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.

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

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.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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