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Deficiency Records for Polaris Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Polaris Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Polaris Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2026-02-11 | 2026-03-17 | N |
| Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Health | 2026-02-11 | 2026-03-17 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2026-02-11 | 2026-03-17 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2026-02-11 | 2026-03-17 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2026-02-11 | 2026-03-17 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2026-02-11 | 2026-03-17 | 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 | 2025-08-11 | 2025-09-11 | Y |
| Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | Health | 2025-08-11 | 2025-09-11 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2026-02-11 | 2025-08-24 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-04-24 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-04-24 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-04-24 | Y |
| Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility?s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Provide training in compliance and ethics. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Conduct testing and exercise requirements. | Fire Safety | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Establish staff and initial training requirements. | Fire Safety | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | 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 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-03-18 | N |
| Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. | Health | 2024-07-09 | 2024-08-26 | Y |
| Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. | Health | 2024-07-09 | 2024-08-26 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | Y |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | 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 | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | 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 | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| 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 | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | 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 | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | 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 | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2024-04-11 | 2022-10-24 | Y |