A list of the most recent deficiencies for Northwest Healthcare 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2021-07-30 | 2021-09-24 | Y |
| Post nurse staffing information every day. | Health | 2021-07-30 | 2021-09-24 | Y |
| 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 | 2021-07-30 | 2021-09-24 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2021-07-30 | 2021-09-24 | Y |
| Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | Health | 2021-07-09 | 2021-08-13 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2021-07-09 | 2021-08-13 | Y |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2021-07-09 | 2021-08-13 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2021-07-09 | 2021-08-13 | Y |
| 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 | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-30 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-30 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2019-07-17 | 2019-08-30 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | N |
| Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Health | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | 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 | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | N |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | 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 | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | N |
| Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both. | Health | 2019-06-26 | 2019-07-30 | 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 | 2018-05-02 | 2018-06-15 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2018-05-02 | 2018-06-15 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2018-05-02 | 2018-06-15 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-06-11 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-06-11 | N |
| Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-06-11 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | 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 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-24 | N |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2017-01-05 | 2017-03-30 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2017-01-05 | 2017-03-30 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2017-01-05 | 2017-03-30 | N |
| Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Provide proper discharge planning and communication, of the resident's health status and summary of the resident's nursing home stay. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Make sure that all required doctor visits are made personally. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
| Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards. | Health | 2016-12-12 | 2017-01-18 | N |
