SOUTHSIDE CARE CENTER - MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Complaint Deficiency

• A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Determine if it is safe for the resident to self-administer drugs
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 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: Many
• 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
• Give notice to the resident before a room or roommate change
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 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: Few
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
  • 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
• 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
• Use a registered nurse at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure that paid feeding assistants 1) completed training; 2) works under the supervision of a RN or LPN; and 3) feeds only residents who have no complicated feeding problems
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 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
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Keep all essential equipment working safely
  • 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: Some
• Employ qualified full-time, part-time or consultant professionals that must be licensed, certified, or registered staff to give needed services
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Check and assess each resident's assessment at least every 3 months
  • 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
• Maintain 15 months of resident assessments in the resident's active clinical record
  • 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
• 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
• 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: Some
• Use a registered nurse at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served
  • 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
• At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor
  • 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
• 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: Some
• 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
• 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 policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property
  • 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
• Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
  • 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 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
• 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
• Use a registered nurse at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor
  • 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: Some