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Deficiency Records for Williamsport Health and Rehabilitation Center
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Williamsport Health and Rehabilitation Center. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Williamsport Health and Rehabilitation Center. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | Health | 2025-12-10 | 2026-03-07 | Y |
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2025-12-10 | 2026-03-07 | 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 | 2025-12-10 | 2026-03-07 | 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 | 2025-12-10 | 2026-01-26 | Y |
| Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident?s advance directives. | Health | 2025-12-10 | 2026-01-26 | Y |
| Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Health | 2025-12-10 | 2026-01-26 | Y |
| Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP). | Fire Safety | 2025-07-24 | 2025-11-05 | N |
| Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | Y |
| Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | Y |
| Post nurse staffing information every day. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | Y |
| 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | 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 | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2025-07-24 | 2025-09-20 | N |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2025-04-03 | 2025-05-14 | Y |
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2025-04-03 | 2025-05-14 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2025-04-03 | 2025-05-14 | Y |
| Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. | Health | 2025-04-03 | 2025-05-14 | Y |
| 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 | 2025-04-03 | 2025-05-14 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident's record. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-12-21 | N |
| Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-27 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-27 | N |
| Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-27 | N |
| Meet Health Care Facilities Code mechanical requirements. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-27 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-27 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19 | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Post nurse staffing information every day. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | 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 | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Health | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-24 | N |
| Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | 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 | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Post nurse staffing information every day. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | 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 | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | 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 | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | 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 | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | 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 | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2018-10-19 | 2018-12-13 | N |
| Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas. | Fire Safety | 2018-10-19 | 2018-11-16 | N |