WILLIAMSTOWN COMMONS NURSING AND REHAB - WILLIAMSTOWN, MA

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Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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

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

Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property: Few (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)

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)

Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs: 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)

Hire sufficient dietary support personnel: Few (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)

Assess the resident when the resident enters the nursing home, in a timely manner: 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)

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

Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors: 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 doctors visit residents regularly, as required: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Make sure that all needed doctor visits are made personally by a doctor, as required. After initial doctor visit, care may be alternated by a physician assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP): Some (Potential for minimal 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 (Actual harm)

Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity: Few (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)

Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration: Few (Actual harm)

Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors: 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: Few (Actual harm)

Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident : Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Set up a group that is legally responsible for writing and setting up policies for leading and running the nursing home; or 2) hire a properly licensed administrator: Many (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)

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)

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

Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

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

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

Proper stairway enclosures and vertical shafts: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Protected exits that allow the resident to escape the building: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Properly protected cooking facilities: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

A properly installed and maintained dumbwaiter or escalator: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

• ADAMS N H OF N ADAMS (NORTH ADAMS, 4.02 miles)
• HOSPICE OF N BERKSHIRE INC (ADAMS, 5.36 miles)
• NORTH ADAMS COMMONS NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTE (NORTH ADAMS, 4.29 miles)
• NORTH ADAMS REGIONAL HOSPITAL (NORTH ADAMS, 3.90 miles)
• NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMPREHENSIVE CARE (ADAMS, 5.36 miles)
• SWEET BROOK OF WILLIAMSTOWN REHABILITATION AND N CTR (3.09 miles)