SIMMONS LOVING CARE HEALTH FACILITY - GARY, IN

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Complaint Deficiency

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper backup exit lighting: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

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

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: 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)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (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)

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment: 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)

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: 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)

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)

Provide food in a way that meets a resident's needs: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: 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: 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: Few (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)

Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of lab tests: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Did not have a written emergency evacuation plan: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

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

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

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment: Some (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)

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

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)

Make sure medically necessary lab services/tests are ordered by the attending physician: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of lab tests: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Have a detailed, written plan for disasters and emergencies, such as fire, severe weather, and missing residents: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Proper stairway enclosures and vertical shafts: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours: 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)

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

Properly protected cooking facilities: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Restrictions on the use of flammable curtains: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Some (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)

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

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

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services: Many (Potential for minimal 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)

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)

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 residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident gets a nutritional and well balanced diet, unless it is not possible to do so: 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)

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

1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day: 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: 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)

Did not have a written emergency evacuation plan: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Portable fire extinguishers: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

• FMC - GARY DIALYSIS (1.96 miles)
• GREEN'S GERIATRIC HEALTH CENTER (0.19 miles)
• METHODIST HOME CARE SERVICES (1.95 miles)
• METHODIST HOSPITALS INC (1.98 miles)
• PROGRESSIVE CARE UNIT (1.98 miles)
• TIMBERVIEW HEALTH CARE CENTER (1.94 miles)
• BMO HOME HEALTH CARE INC (1.44 miles)