LITCHFIELD CARE CENTER - LITCHFIELD, IL

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

• 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: Some
• Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations
  • 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
• 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
• 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
• 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: Some
• Approved construction type or materials
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• 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: Many
• Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
  • 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: Many
• A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for 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: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Did not have a written emergency evacuation plan
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Have an adequate water supply for the sprinkler system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions
  • 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
• Provide access to a telephone for resident to use in private
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Maintain comfortable sound levels
  • Harm: Potential for minimal 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: 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: Many
• Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many