NATHAN HEALTH CARE CENTER - EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Give or get specialized rehabilitative services per the patient's assessment or plan of care
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Tell the resident or the resident's representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident's bed
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide doctors orders for the resident's immediate care, at the time the resident was admitted
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
  • 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: Few
• An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
  • 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: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• 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
• 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: 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
• Proper backup exit lighting
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Provide doctors orders for the resident's immediate care, at the time the resident was admitted
  • 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: Many
• Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual 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: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Provide proper discharge planning and communication, of the resident's health status and summary of the resident's stay
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure each resident has 1) at least one window to the outside in a room; 2) a room at or above ground level; 3) adequate bedding; 4) furniture that meets the resident's needs; or 5) adequate closet space
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Employ or obtain outside professional resources providing services in the nursing home that meet professional standards
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• 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
• 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
• Fire-resistant room wall surfaces
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • 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: Few
• 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
• 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
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • 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
• 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
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
  • Harm: Potential for minimal 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: Actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
  • Harm: 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: Few
• Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
  • 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: Some
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • 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
• An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Have an adequate water supply for the sprinkler system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Properly protected cooking facilities
  • 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: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• 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
• Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
  • 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: 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
• Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible
  • 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: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • 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: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature
  • 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
• Give or get specialized rehabilitative services per the patient's assessment or plan of care
  • 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
• 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
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property
  • Harm: 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: 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 necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: 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: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible
  • 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
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure that doctors visit residents regularly, as required
  • 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
• Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
  • 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: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• 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: Some
• Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion
  • 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: Some
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many

Quality Measures