THE REHABILITATION CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD, BAKERSFIELD, CA — Violations & Inspection Reports

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.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

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.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

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 voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

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

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

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

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.

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

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

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

Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

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.

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

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

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

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

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

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

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.

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.

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

Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

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.

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

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

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