Autumn Care of Waynesville

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

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

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

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

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Have a Compliance and Ethics Program.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

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

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

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