A list of the most recent deficiencies for Signature Healthcare of Kinston. 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? |
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Use approved construction type or materials. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-08 | 2023-09-05 | N |
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-08 | 2023-09-05 | N |
Ensure that waiting areas, nurse?s stations, gift shops, and cooking facilities, open to the corridor are properly protected. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-08 | 2023-09-05 | N |
Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-08 | 2023-09-05 | N |
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-08 | 2023-09-05 | N |
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | Health | 2023-07-13 | 2023-08-07 | Y |
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2023-07-13 | 2023-08-07 | 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 | 2023-07-13 | 2023-08-07 | N |
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2023-07-13 | 2023-08-07 | N |
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | Health | 2023-07-13 | 2023-08-07 | N |
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2023-07-13 | 2023-08-07 | Y |
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2023-07-13 | 2023-08-07 | Y |
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-22 | Y |
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-22 | 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 | 2022-08-09 | 2022-08-22 | Y |
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 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | N |
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | N |
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | N |
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | N |
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | Y |
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | Y |
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | Y |
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | 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 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | 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 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-22 | Y |
Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-09 | 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 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-09 | Y |
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-09 | Y |
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-09 | Y |
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 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-09 | Y |
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-09 | Y |
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-08-09 | Y |
Satisfy building requirements after a repair, renovation, modification, or change of user/occupancy. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-23 | 2022-07-20 | N |
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-23 | 2022-07-20 | N |
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 | 2022-06-23 | 2022-07-20 | N |
Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-23 | 2022-07-20 | N |
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-23 | 2022-07-20 | N |
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-06-21 | N |
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2022-05-24 | 2022-06-21 | 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 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-06-21 | N |
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2020-02-27 | 2020-03-16 | N |