Alcester Care And Rehab Center, Inc
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Penalty
$9,116
Outcome
Alcester Care And Rehab Center, Inc in ALCESTER, SD was fined $9,116 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Alcester Care And Rehab Center, Inc (ALCESTER, SD) — $9,116 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Alcester Care And Rehab Center, Inc in ALCESTER, SD was fined $9,116 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- 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.
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