NORWICHTOWN REHABILITATION AND C (NORWICH, CT) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.670
Connecticut:	0.770

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

Here:	0.860
Connecticut:	0.777

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.530
Connecticut:	1.538

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.110
Connecticut:	0.108

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.110
State:	0.108

Complaint Deficiency

Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- 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
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
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: Few
Back-up procedures in place for a faulty automatic sprinkler system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Check and assess each resident's assessment at least every 3 months
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential
- 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
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: Some
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- 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: Few
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- 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
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 a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- 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: Few
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: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident gets a nutritional and well balanced diet, unless it is not possible to do so
- 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: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Potential for minimal 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: Few
Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few

Quality Measures

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

Here:	39.7%
Connecticut:	17.6%

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

This Nursing Home:	14.5%
Connecticut:	7.9%

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

This Nursing Home:	5.5%
State:	5.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	3.9%
State:	6.5%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

This Nursing Home:	35.3%
State:	42.0%

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

This Nursing Home:	5.4%
State:	2.9%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	7.5%
State:	5.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

This Nursing Home:	3.7%
Connecticut:	4.9%

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

Here:	1.2%
Connecticut:	3.0%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	95.2%

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

This Nursing Home:	98.8%
State:	95.0%

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

Here:	18.9%
Connecticut:	21.5%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

This Nursing Home:	1.6%
Connecticut:	1.1%

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

This Nursing Home:	96.2%
State:	85.5%

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

This Nursing Home:	97.0%
Connecticut:	82.1%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	1.0%
State:	2.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	28.9%
State:	25.2%

NORWICHTOWN REHABILITATION AND C - NORWICH, CT

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

Quality Measures

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