COPPER RIDGE (SYKESVILLE, MD) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.640
State:	0.759

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.280
State:	0.899

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.910
State:	1.649

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.060
State:	0.108

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.060
State:	0.112

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

This Nursing Home:	24.5%
State:	20.0%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

This Nursing Home:	15.8%
State:	7.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	6.5%
Maryland:	6.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

Here:	1.1%
State:	3.1%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	3.2%
Maryland:	2.7%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	100.0%
Maryland:	95.1%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	76.2%
Maryland:	95.2%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	30.4%
Maryland:	85.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	38.1%
Maryland:	19.2%

Complaint Deficiency

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
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- 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
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- 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
Hire sufficient dietary support personnel
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide doctors orders for the resident's immediate care, at the time the resident was admitted
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Hire sufficient dietary support personnel
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Restrictions on the use of highly flammable materials
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide proper discharge planning and communication, of the resident's health status and summary of the resident's stay
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- 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
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
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- 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: Few
No-smoking signs where oxygen is used
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
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
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
1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- 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
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
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some

COPPER RIDGE - SYKESVILLE, MD

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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