Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
GILROY HEALTHCARE CENTER
Does GILROY HEALTHCARE CENTER have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), GILROY HEALTHCARE CENTER (CCN 055797), in GILROY, CA, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 18 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity K on CMS's A–L scale, a level CMS classifies as Immediate Jeopardy. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $69,735 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
The Federal Record
At its most recent federal inspection, CMS cited this facility for an Immediate Jeopardy deficiency.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Civil money penalties on file
$69,735
CMS has $69,735 in civil money penalties on file against this facility.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 3.2
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
15 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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 pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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 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.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Document what happened
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