BIG SKY CARE CENTER - HELENA, MT

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

• Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Approved construction type or materials
  • 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: Some
• An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• A separate and independent backup electrical power source
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Back-up procedures in place for a faulty automatic sprinkler system
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• An approved back-up procedure for a faulty fire alarm system
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• An elevator that firefighters can control in the event of a fire
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in a resident's physical or mental health
  • 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: Many
• Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
  • 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: 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 doctors visit residents regularly, as required
  • 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
• Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure that residents receive treatment/services to not only continue, but improve the ability to care for themselves
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide care for each resident in a way that keeps or builds the resident's quality of life
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Use a registered nurse at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
  • 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
• Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some