Santa Clarita Post-Acute Care Center

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

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

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

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

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

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.

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.

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.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

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

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

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.

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

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

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

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

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

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 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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

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

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

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