HAMILTON HOUSE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER - COLUMBUS, GA

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

• Corridors that are separated from common areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke
  • 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
• Exit stairways and towers that are smoke proof
  • 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
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • 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
• Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Assess the resident when the resident enters the nursing home, in a timely manner
  • 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
• 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 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: 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
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 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: Few
• Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
  • 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
• 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
• 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
• Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • 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
• 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: 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
• Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• 1) Set up a group that is legally responsible for writing and setting up policies for leading and running the nursing home; or 2) hire a properly licensed administrator
  • Harm: Potential for minimal 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: Few
• Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of lab tests
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Give or get x-rays and other tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few

Quality Measures