GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - LIBERAL - LIBERAL, KS

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Quality Measures

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A separate and independent backup electrical power source: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in a resident's physical or mental health: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved back-up procedure for a faulty fire alarm system: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Hire sufficient dietary support personnel: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Send and promptly deliver unopened mail to residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper construction of ducts through walls designed to prevent smoke passage: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Fire-resistant room wall surfaces: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: 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)

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Hire sufficient dietary support personnel: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Fire-resistant room wall surfaces: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Approved construction type or materials: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure each resident has the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Listen to the resident or family groups or act on their complaints or suggestions: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services: 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)

Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (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)

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible: 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)

1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public: Some (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: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure each resident has the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services: 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 necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

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

1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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)

Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Keep all essential equipment working safely: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene: 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)

1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

• LIBERAL HH AND GUYMON HOSPICE (1.47 miles)
• RENAL CARE GROUP - LIBERAL (0.15 miles)
• SOUTHWEST HOMECARE HOSPICE (0.68 miles)
• SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER (0.68 miles)
• WHEATRIDGE PARK CARE CENTER (0.51 miles)