BLAIRE HOUSE OF TEWKSBURY - TEWKSBURY, MA

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Quality Measures

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

Rooms that can be unlocked from inside without a key: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents receive proper treatment and assistive devices to maintain their vision and hearing: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give the right treatment and services to residents who have mental or psychosocial problems adjusting: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that doctors see a resident's plan of care at every visit and make notes about progress and orders in writing: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Make sure that doctors visit residents regularly, as required: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

• BEACONCREST NURSING HOME (LOWELL, 2.48 miles)
• CASTLE NURSING HOME (1.21 miles)
• EXCEL HOME CARE, INC (1.16 miles)
• SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER DIALYSIS (LOWELL, 2.05 miles)
• ST JOHNS NH OF LOWELL (LOWELL, 2.48 miles)
• TEWKSBURY HOSPITAL (1.27 miles)
• WINGATE AT BELVIDERE REHAB AND SKILLED NURSING RES (LOWELL, 2.48 miles)