Deficiency Records for Life Care Center of Las Vegas
Updated as of June 01, 2021
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A list of the most recent deficiencies for Life Care Center of Las Vegas. 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2021-03-23 | 2021-04-15 | Y |
| Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | Health | 2021-01-13 | 2021-02-08 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2020-11-20 | 2021-01-12 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2020-09-24 | 2020-11-23 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2020-04-15 | 2020-05-14 | N |
| Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP). | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Address patient/client population and determine types of services needed. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Include a process for Emergency Preparedness collaboration. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Establish policies and procedures including evacuation. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Establish policies and procedures for sheltering. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| List the names and contact information of those in the facility. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Provide emergency officials' contact information. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Provide a means of sharing information on occupancy/needs. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed. | Fire Safety | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-25 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | 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 | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | 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 | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | N |
| Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | 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 | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | N |
| Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | Y |
| Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. | Health | 2019-10-11 | 2019-11-15 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2019-07-31 | 2019-09-16 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2019-07-31 | 2019-09-16 | Y |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2019-07-31 | 2019-09-16 | 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 | 2019-07-31 | 2019-09-16 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2019-02-04 | 2019-03-11 | Y |
| Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. | Health | 2019-02-04 | 2019-03-11 | 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 | 2018-12-14 | 2019-01-22 | Y |
| Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility. | Fire Safety | 2018-11-07 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2018-11-07 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2018-11-07 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| 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 | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | 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 | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | 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 | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | 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 | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | 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 | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | 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 | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2018-11-02 | 2018-12-15 | N |
| Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. | Health | 2018-09-05 | 2018-10-25 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2018-09-05 | 2018-10-25 | Y |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-09-03 | Y |
| Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements. | Fire Safety | 2017-10-13 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2017-10-13 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2017-10-13 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity. | Health | 2017-10-06 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident . | Health | 2017-10-06 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions. | Health | 2017-10-06 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses. | Health | 2017-10-06 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. | Health | 2017-10-06 | 2017-11-20 | N |
| Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area. | Health | 2017-10-06 | 2017-11-20 | N |
