ASPEN MEADOWS HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER

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

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

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

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

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

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.

Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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.

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

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

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

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

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

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

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

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

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.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

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

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

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

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

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 appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

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

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

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.