🔎 Maine Veterans Home - Caribou

Scope/Severity: D

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Scope/Severity: D

Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

Scope/Severity: D

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Scope/Severity: D

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Scope/Severity: D

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Scope/Severity: D

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

Scope/Severity: B

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Scope/Severity: D

Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition

Scope/Severity: D

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Scope/Severity: B

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Scope/Severity: D

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

Scope/Severity: D

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Scope/Severity: D

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Scope/Severity: D

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Scope/Severity: D

Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

Scope/Severity: D

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Scope/Severity: D

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Scope/Severity: D

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Scope/Severity: D

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Scope/Severity: D

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Scope/Severity: D

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.