BRENTWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER - SANTA MONICA, CA

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Quality Measures

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

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

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

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

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

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

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident: Few (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)

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)

Evaluate a residents decrease in social interaction and increase in depressive behaviors, and if the behavior was avoidable if these problems did not exist before: 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)

Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

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

A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility: Some (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: 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)

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)

Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential: 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)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : 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)

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

Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration: Few (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 (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis: 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: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility: 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)

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

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

Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly working sprinkler alarm system: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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

Properly protected cooking facilities: 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)

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

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

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• L A CARE PROVIDER (LOS ANGELES, 0.69 miles)
• SANTA MONICA PAVILION (WEST LOS ANGELES, 0.47 miles)
• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HEAD AND NECK SURG (0.90 miles)
• SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER (0.80 miles)
• ST JOHNS TRANSITIONAL UNIT (0.76 miles)