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Deficiency Records for Newton Health Care Center
A list of the most recent deficiencies for Newton Health Care Center. The list is based on the information provided by CMS from both standard inspections and from complaints filed by residents.
A list of the most recent deficiencies for Newton Health Care Center. The list is based on the information provided by CMS from both standard inspections and from complaints filed by residents.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2024-08-28 | 2024-09-09 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2024-06-13 | 2024-06-14 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2024-06-13 | 2024-06-14 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2024-06-13 | 2024-06-14 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2024-03-21 | 2024-04-13 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2024-03-21 | 2024-04-13 | Y |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2024-03-21 | 2024-04-13 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2024-03-21 | 2024-04-13 | Y |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-25 | N |
| Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. | Fire Safety | 2023-09-07 | 2023-09-22 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | N |
| Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | N |
| Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | N |
| Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | N |
| Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | Y |
| Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. | Health | 2023-08-30 | 2023-09-21 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2023-04-06 | 2023-05-06 | Y |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2023-04-06 | 2023-05-06 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2023-04-06 | 2023-05-06 | Y |
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2023-04-06 | 2023-05-06 | Y |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | N |
| Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | N |
| Post nurse staffing information every day. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | N |
| Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | N |
| Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Notify the resident or the resident?s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident?s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | Health | 2022-06-23 | 2022-08-05 | Y |
| Use approved construction type or materials. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2022-06-16 | 2022-07-16 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident?s advance directives. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Post nurse staffing information every day. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2021-05-06 | 2021-06-05 | N |
| Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP). | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Conduct testing and exercise requirements. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Follow proper procedures when the fire alarm was out of service for more than 4 hours. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Have an externally vented heating system. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Provide a written emergency evacuation plan. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2021-04-12 | 2021-05-12 | N |
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