PLEASANT VALLEY (ARGYLE, NY) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.550
New York:	0.637

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

This Nursing Home:	0.980
New York:	0.790

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.530
State:	1.425

Quality Measures

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

Here:	23.4%
New York:	15.6%

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

Here:	6.7%
New York:	7.6%

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

Here:	3.0%
State:	8.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	6.7%
New York:	6.4%

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

This Nursing Home:	7.8%
New York:	3.1%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	10.5%
State:	6.8%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	6.2%
State:	12.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

This Nursing Home:	2.8%
State:	2.3%

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

This Nursing Home:	5.6%
State:	2.9%

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

Here:	89.8%
State:	96.7%

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

Here:	91.7%
New York:	97.3%

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

Here:	4.9%
New York:	1.8%

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

This Nursing Home:	70.8%
State:	86.9%

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

This Nursing Home:	66.7%
New York:	85.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	28.6%
New York:	20.8%

Complaint Deficiency

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
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: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Some
Fire-resistant room wall surfaces
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Some
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: Some
Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
- 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
Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly working alarms on sprinkler valves
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Resident room doors of proper design and width
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Fire-resistant room wall surfaces
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Approved construction type or materials
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- 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: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- 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
Fire-resistant room wall surfaces
- 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
Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Fire-resistant room wall surfaces
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
- 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: Some
Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program for mentally-ill and mentally-retarded patients
- 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: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- 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: Some
Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
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: Some
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: Some
Give the right treatment and services to residents who have mental or psychosocial problems adjusting
- 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
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly protected cooking facilities
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property
- 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: Some
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
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: Some
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
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: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many

PLEASANT VALLEY - ARGYLE, NY

Staff Information

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Complaint Deficiency

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