Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center

Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.

Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.

Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

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

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

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

Provide training in compliance and ethics.

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.

Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.

Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.

Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.

Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.

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.

Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.

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

Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.

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

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

Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.

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 and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

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

Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.

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

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

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

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

Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.

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

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.