Deficiency Records for Greenfield Care Center of South Gate
Updated as of March 01, 2024
A list of the most recent deficiencies for Greenfield Care Center of South Gate. 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2023-12-07 | 2023-12-21 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2023-12-07 | 2023-12-21 | Y |
| Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide. | Health | 2023-11-21 | 2023-12-11 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2023-11-21 | 2023-12-11 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-02 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-28 | Y |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2023-03-28 | 2023-04-21 | Y |
| 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 | 2023-03-28 | 2023-04-21 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2023-01-06 | 2023-02-05 | Y |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2023-01-06 | 2023-02-05 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2022-06-17 | 2022-08-24 | Y |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2022-06-17 | 2022-08-24 | Y |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2022-06-28 | 2022-07-16 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-06-28 | 2022-07-16 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | 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 | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | 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 | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2022-03-17 | 2022-04-13 | Y |
| Provide emergency officials' contact information. | Fire Safety | 2022-03-16 | 2022-04-12 | 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 | 2022-03-16 | 2022-04-12 | N |
| Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. | Fire Safety | 2022-03-16 | 2022-04-12 | N |
| Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed. | Fire Safety | 2022-03-16 | 2022-04-12 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2022-03-16 | 2022-04-12 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2021-08-30 | 2021-09-09 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2021-08-30 | 2021-09-09 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | 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 | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | 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 | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-19 | N |
| Construct fire resistant interior walls. | Fire Safety | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-07 | N |
| Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas. | Fire Safety | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-07 | 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 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | 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 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Assure that each resident?s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | 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 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | 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 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | 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 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | 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 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | 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 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | 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 and emergencies. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2018-07-25 | 2018-09-19 | N |
| Conduct testing and exercise requirements. | Fire Safety | 2018-07-24 | 2018-08-20 | N |
| Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed. | Fire Safety | 2018-07-24 | 2018-08-20 | N |
