EDENBROOK OF GREENWOOD HILL, POTTSVILLE, PA — Violations & Inspection Reports

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

Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Have policies on smoking.

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

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.

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

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

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.

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

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

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.

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

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

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

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

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.

Have policies on smoking.

Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.

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

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 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.

Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.

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.

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

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

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