BETHEL CARE CENTER - SAINT PAUL, MN

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

• Proper construction of ducts through walls designed to prevent smoke passage
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Let the resident refuse treatment or refuse to take part in an experiment and formulate advance directives
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Determine if it is safe for the resident to self-administer drugs
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide or obtain dental services for each resident
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Keep all essential equipment working safely
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure each resident has the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few

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