Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
BALDWIN GARDENS NURSING CENTER
Does BALDWIN GARDENS NURSING CENTER have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), BALDWIN GARDENS NURSING CENTER (CCN 555055), in TEMPLE CITY, CA, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 8 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity E on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $3,174 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
CMS has $3,174 in civil money penalties on file against this facility.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Civil money penalties on file
$3,174
CMS has $3,174 in civil money penalties on file against this facility.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 3 · CMS state average: 3.2
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
29 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
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.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
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.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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