LAKEWOOD REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE CENTER, NANTICOKE, PA — Violations & Inspection Reports

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

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

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration.

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.

Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

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

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

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

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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

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

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

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

Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.

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 safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

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

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.

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.

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

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

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.

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