Heritage Gardens Rehabilitation and Healthcare

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

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.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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.

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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.

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.