BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

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

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

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

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

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.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

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.

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

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.

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 residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.

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

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

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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

Have policies on smoking.

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.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.