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Deficiency Records for Life Care Center of Federal Way
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Life Care Center of Federal Way. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
View the most recent health deficiencies and inspection results for Life Care Center of Federal Way. Stay informed about quality of care issues.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | N |
| Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | Health | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-25 | Y |
| List the names and contact information of those in the facility. | Fire Safety | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | N |
| Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. | Fire Safety | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | N |
| Provide primary/alternate means for communication. | Fire Safety | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | N |
| Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. | Fire Safety | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | 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 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | N |
| Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke. | Fire Safety | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | N |
| Have an externally vented heating system. | Fire Safety | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2025-03-18 | 2025-04-02 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-30 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-30 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. | Health | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-30 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2024-11-07 | 2024-12-02 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2024-09-26 | 2024-10-29 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-09-03 | 2024-09-27 | Y |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2024-04-03 | 2024-04-26 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2024-04-03 | 2024-04-26 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2024-04-03 | 2024-04-26 | Y |
| Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | 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 | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | 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 | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | 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 | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | 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 | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | 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 | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | 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 | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | 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 | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | Health | 2024-01-10 | 2024-02-23 | N |
| Include a process for Emergency Preparedness collaboration. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Ensure that personnel concerned with handling of medical gases and cylinders are trained on the risk. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Ensure that any exit in an area undergoing construction, repair, or improvements shall be inspected daily to ensure its ability to be used instantly in case of emergency. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Conduct testing and exercise requirements. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Establish staff and initial training requirements. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Establish emergency prep training and testing. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Provide family notifications of emergency plan. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Provide a means of sharing information on occupancy/needs. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Establish methods for sharing information. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Develop a communication plan. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation. | Fire Safety | 2024-01-10 | 2024-01-24 | N |
| Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19 | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | 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 | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | 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 | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | 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 | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Health | 2022-09-15 | 2022-10-28 | N |
| Conduct testing and exercise requirements. | Fire Safety | 2022-09-15 | 2022-09-30 | N |
| Ensure that any exit in an area undergoing construction, repair, or improvements shall be inspected daily to ensure its ability to be used instantly in case of emergency. | Fire Safety | 2022-09-15 | 2022-09-17 | N |