UNIHEALTH POST ACUTE CARE - BLYTHEWOOD - COLUMBIA, SC

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Hire sufficient dietary support personnel
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• 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: Few
• Hire sufficient dietary support personnel
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• 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
• 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
• A separate and independent backup electrical power source
  • 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: Some
• Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Restrictions on the use of highly flammable materials
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• 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
• 1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Proper backup exit lighting
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Fire-resistant room wall surfaces
  • Harm: 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: Few
• Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • 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: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• 1) Receive registry verification that a nurse aide has met the required training and skills that the State requires; and 2) ensure nurse aides receive the required retraining after 24 months if nursing related services were not provided for monetary compensation
  • 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: Some
• Honor all of the resident's rights as a resident of the nursing home, free of coercion and reprisal, and as a citizen or resident of the United States
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in a resident's physical or mental health
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
  • Harm: 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
• 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 residents receive treatment/services to not only continue, but improve the ability to care for themselves
  • 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 residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• 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: Some
• Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• 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: Some
• Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• 1) Receive registry verification that a nurse aide has met the required training and skills that the State requires; and 2) ensure nurse aides receive the required retraining after 24 months if nursing related services were not provided for monetary compensation
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual 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: Some
• Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some

Quality Measures