Blue Valley Lutheran Care Home
Inspection Results
Blue Valley Lutheran Care Home has been cited for a total of 77 deficiencies in our most recent deficiency data, which typically covers 3 health and fire safety surveys.
Tip: Surveys happen throughout the year and you may want to check with the location or here to see if more recent data is available for Blue Valley Lutheran Care Home.
There are 213 nursing homes in Nebraska with a total of 10,886 deficiencies resulting in an average of 51.11 deficiencies per nursing home.
The following table describes how deficiencies are scored. An easy way to remember the severity of a deficiency's scope is that the further along in the alphabet (A through L) the scope value is, the more severe the deficiency is.
Additionally, A through F means no actual harm has happened.
Deficiency Cited, Scope, and Date of Correction
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property.
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
Ensure that residents with limited range of motion receive appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion or prevent further decrease in range of motion.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs.
Ensure that residents with limited range of motion receive appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion or prevent further decrease in range of motion.
Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being.
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.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours.
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Meet other general requirements that are deficient.
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Special areas constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system.
Exits that are accessible at all times.
Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.
Posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Have other fire safety features required by fire safety codes.
No-smoking signs where oxygen is used.
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment.
Back-up procedures in place for a faulty automatic sprinkler system.
An approved back-up procedure for a faulty fire alarm system.
Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Special areas constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system.
Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions.
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order.
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators.
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment.
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours.
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Meet other general requirements that are deficient.
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Special areas constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system.
Exits that are accessible at all times.
Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.
Posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Have other fire safety features required by fire safety codes.
No-smoking signs where oxygen is used.
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment.
Back-up procedures in place for a faulty automatic sprinkler system.
An approved back-up procedure for a faulty fire alarm system.
Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
Special areas constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system.
Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions.
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order.
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators.
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment.
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