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Deficiency Records for Polaris Extended Care
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Polaris Extended Care. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Polaris Extended Care. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2026-01-06 | 2026-01-12 | Y |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2026-01-06 | 2026-01-12 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2026-01-06 | 2026-01-12 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2025-11-26 | 2025-12-03 | Y |
| Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | Health | 2025-07-29 | 2025-07-30 | Y |
| Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge. | Health | 2025-07-29 | 2025-07-30 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2025-07-15 | 2025-07-16 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | Y |
| Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | Y |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | Y |
| Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident?s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-09 | N |
| Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation. | Fire Safety | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-06 | N |
| Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. | Fire Safety | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-06 | N |
| Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients. | Fire Safety | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-06 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-06 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-06 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-06 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2025-05-22 | 2025-07-06 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2025-03-17 | 2025-04-04 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2025-03-17 | 2025-04-04 | Y |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2025-03-17 | 2025-04-04 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician. | Health | 2024-11-26 | 2024-10-30 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-11-26 | 2024-10-30 | Y |
| Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-09-02 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-08-30 | N |
| Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-08-27 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-08-27 | N |
| Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-08-27 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-08-27 | N |
| Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. | Fire Safety | 2024-07-19 | 2024-08-22 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2024-07-19 | 2024-07-28 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-07-19 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Meet requirements for operating features, such as evacuation plans, fire drills, smoking regulations, draperies, decorations and the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |
| Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing. | Fire Safety | 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-29 | N |