Bothell Health Care

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

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

The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

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

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

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

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

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.

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

Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.

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.

Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.

Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

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

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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.

Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

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

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

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