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Deficiency Records for Optalis Health and Rehabilitation of Whitehall
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Optalis Health and Rehabilitation of Whitehall. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Optalis Health and Rehabilitation of Whitehall. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2025-12-26 | 2026-01-28 | 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 | 2025-09-10 | 2025-10-10 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2025-09-10 | 2025-10-10 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2025-09-10 | 2025-10-10 | 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 | 2025-08-19 | 2025-09-26 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2025-06-17 | 2025-07-22 | Y |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2025-06-17 | 2025-07-22 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2025-06-17 | 2025-07-22 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2025-03-19 | 2025-04-04 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2025-03-19 | 2025-04-04 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-04-04 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-03-07 | 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 | 2024-12-10 | 2025-03-07 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-03-07 | 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 | 2024-12-10 | 2025-03-07 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | Y |
| Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | Y |
| Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | 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 | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-10 | 2025-01-14 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-09-18 | 2024-10-15 | 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 | 2024-02-29 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-06-03 | 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 | 2024-02-29 | 2024-06-03 | N |
| Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | Y |
| Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | 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 | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | 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 | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2024-02-29 | 2024-04-09 | N |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2023-08-18 | 2023-09-12 | 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 | 2023-08-18 | 2023-09-12 | Y |
| Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted. | Health | 2023-08-18 | 2023-09-12 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2023-08-18 | 2023-09-12 | Y |
| Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | 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 | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | 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 | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | 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 | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | 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 | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2023-02-03 | 2023-03-07 | N |