Mescalero Care Center

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

Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

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

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

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

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.

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

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

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

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

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

Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

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

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

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

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

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

Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

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

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

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

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

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

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

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

Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition

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

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

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

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

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

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

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

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

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

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

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.