HOMETOWN NURSING AND REHAB CEN - TAMAQUA, PA

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Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

Proper backup exit lighting: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed: Some (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)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Few (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)

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)

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

Proper backup exit lighting: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Fire-resistant room wall surfaces: 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)

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)

Proper backup exit lighting: Few (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)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Some (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: Some (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)

Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores: 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)

Provide proper discharge planning and communication, of the resident's health status and summary of the resident's stay: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

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: Some (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 (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

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

Maintain comfortable sound levels: 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: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores: 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: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual 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

• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HAZLETON (HAZLETON, 7.85 miles)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE TAMAQUA (1.62 miles)
• REDCO GROUP/SUMMIT HILL,THE (SUMMIT HILL, 5.34 miles)
• ST LUKE'S MINERS MEM HOME CARE (1.69 miles)
• ST LUKE'S REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER (COALDALE, 2.73 miles)
• ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (COALDALE, 2.73 miles)