FARWELL CONVALESCENT CENTER (FARWELL, TX) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.370
State:	0.469

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

This Nursing Home:	0.870
State:	0.894

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.240
State:	1.350

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.010
Texas:	0.067

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.010
Texas:	0.074

Quality Measures

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

Here:	9.8%
Texas:	20.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	38.1%
State:	11.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	10.0%
Texas:	6.7%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	8.0%
State:	8.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

This Nursing Home:	4.0%
Texas:	9.3%

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

Here:	1.9%
State:	3.5%

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

This Nursing Home:	98.1%
State:	91.6%

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

This Nursing Home:	90.4%
State:	91.1%

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

This Nursing Home:	88.5%
State:	74.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	36.7%
State:	28.5%

Complaint Deficiency

Approved construction type or materials
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
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: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Hire sufficient dietary support personnel
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide doctors orders for the resident's immediate care, at the time the resident was admitted
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Listen to the resident or family groups or act on their complaints or suggestions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual 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: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure that doctors visit residents regularly, as required
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of lab tests
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene
- 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: Many
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Completely assess the resident at least every twelve months
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Check and assess each resident's assessment at least every 3 months
- 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: Many
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: Some
Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some

FARWELL CONVALESCENT CENTER - FARWELL, TX

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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