A list of the most recent deficiencies for Rancho Seco Care Center. The list is based on the information provided by CMS from both standard inspections and from complaints filed by residents.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2024-02-12 | 2024-02-15 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2024-02-05 | 2024-02-15 | Y |
| 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 | 2023-11-28 | 2023-12-05 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2023-09-14 | 2023-10-01 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2023-06-20 | 2023-08-01 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2023-06-20 | 2023-08-01 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2023-05-24 | 2023-05-31 | Y |
| Have policies on smoking. | Health | 2023-05-24 | 2023-05-31 | Y |
| 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 | 2023-03-24 | 2023-04-21 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-12-29 | 2023-01-29 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2022-11-21 | 2022-12-02 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2022-11-21 | 2022-12-02 | Y |
| Use approved construction type or materials. | Fire Safety | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | 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 | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | N |
| Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | Fire Safety | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | N |
| Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment. | Fire Safety | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2022-05-19 | 2022-06-28 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | 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 | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | 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 | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | 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 | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | Health | 2022-05-12 | 2022-06-12 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2022-02-02 | 2022-05-18 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2022-03-18 | 2022-04-18 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-03-18 | 2022-04-18 | Y |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2022-03-18 | 2022-04-18 | Y |
| Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | Health | 2022-03-18 | 2022-04-18 | Y |
| Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| List the names and contact information of those in the facility. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Provide a means of sharing information on occupancy/needs. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Provide family notifications of emergency plan. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Implement emergency and standby power systems. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Use approved construction type or materials. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas. | Fire Safety | 2019-04-30 | 2019-05-17 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2019-03-08 | 2019-04-09 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2019-03-08 | 2019-04-09 | N |
| Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors. | Health | 2019-03-08 | 2019-04-09 | N |
| Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | Health | 2019-03-08 | 2019-04-09 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2019-03-08 | 2019-04-09 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2018-02-08 | 2018-03-21 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2018-02-08 | 2018-03-21 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2018-02-08 | 2018-03-21 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2018-02-08 | 2018-03-21 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2018-02-08 | 2018-03-21 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2018-02-08 | 2018-03-21 | N |
| Develop a communication plan. | Fire Safety | 2018-02-14 | 2018-03-01 | 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 | 2018-02-14 | 2018-03-01 | N |
| Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | Fire Safety | 2018-02-14 | 2018-03-01 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2018-02-14 | 2018-03-01 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2018-02-14 | 2018-03-01 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2018-02-14 | 2018-03-01 | N |
