Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
APPLE RIDGE CARE CENTER
Does APPLE RIDGE CARE CENTER have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), APPLE RIDGE CARE CENTER (CCN 265420), in WAVERLY, MO, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 19 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity F on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2024-09-11. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. 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
The most recent federal inspection on file records no actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citations for this facility.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 2.5
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
18 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
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 a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Assure the security of all personal funds of residents deposited with the facility.
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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.
Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Document what happened
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