SALEM TRANSITIONAL CARE

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

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

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

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

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

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

Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

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

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

Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.