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Deficiency Records for Spokane Falls Care
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Spokane Falls Care. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Spokane Falls Care. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2026-03-04 | 2026-04-15 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2026-03-04 | 2026-04-15 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2025-11-18 | 2025-11-27 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2025-08-21 | 2025-09-17 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2025-05-13 | 2025-06-10 | Y |
| 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 | 2025-05-13 | 2025-06-10 | Y |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2025-04-01 | 2025-05-08 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2025-04-01 | 2025-05-08 | Y |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2025-04-01 | 2025-05-08 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2025-04-01 | 2025-05-08 | Y |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Health | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-22 | Y |
| Establish policies and procedures including evacuation. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Address patient/client population and determine types of services needed. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Provide primary/alternate means for communication. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Provide family notifications of emergency plan. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | 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 | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2024-12-17 | 2025-01-15 | 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 | 2024-11-15 | 2024-11-29 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2024-11-15 | 2024-11-29 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2024-11-15 | 2024-11-29 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2024-11-15 | 2024-11-29 | 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 | 2024-09-25 | 2024-11-08 | Y |
| Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. | Health | 2024-09-25 | 2024-11-08 | 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 | 2024-09-25 | 2024-11-08 | Y |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2024-09-25 | 2024-11-08 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2024-09-25 | 2024-11-08 | Y |
| Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | Health | 2024-09-25 | 2024-11-08 | Y |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2024-04-16 | 2024-05-02 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-04-16 | 2024-05-02 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2024-03-08 | 2024-03-27 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-03-08 | 2024-02-20 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2024-03-08 | 2024-02-20 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2024-01-03 | 2024-01-11 | 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 | 2023-12-06 | 2023-12-28 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2023-12-06 | 2023-12-28 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2023-12-06 | 2023-12-28 | Y |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2023-11-02 | 2023-11-29 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2023-11-02 | 2023-11-29 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2023-09-15 | 2023-10-04 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2023-09-15 | 2023-10-04 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2023-09-15 | 2023-10-04 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | 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 | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | 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 | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | 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 | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | 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 | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | Y |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | Y |
| Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | Y |
| Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | Y |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-13 | Y |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Address patient/client population and determine types of services needed. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| 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 | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Meet other general requirements. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Establish staff and initial training requirements. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Provide primary/alternate means for communication. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| List the names and contact information of those in the facility. | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP). | Fire Safety | 2023-08-03 | 2023-09-04 | N |
| 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 | 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-04 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2023-05-05 | 2023-04-21 | Y |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | 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 | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | 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 | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | 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 | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | 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 | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2020-02-28 | 2020-04-09 | N |
| Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients. | Fire Safety | 2020-02-28 | 2020-03-25 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2020-02-28 | 2020-03-19 | N |
| Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. | Fire Safety | 2020-02-28 | 2020-03-05 | N |
| Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating. | Fire Safety | 2020-02-28 | 2020-03-05 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2020-02-28 | 2020-03-05 | N |
| Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas. | Fire Safety | 2020-02-28 | 2020-03-05 | N |
| Establish policies and procedures including evacuation. | Fire Safety | 2020-02-28 | 2020-03-04 | N |