All citations for Multy Medical Skilled Nursing Facility

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

Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Honor the resident''s right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.

Protect a residents'' right to refuse some types of non-requested transfers within the nursing home.

Honor the resident''s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

Provide immediate access to any resident.

Honor the resident''s right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing.

Inform each resident of his or her visitation rights and ensure that all visitors enjoy equal visitation privileges.

Honor the resident''s right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.

1) Protect residents from being forced to work at the nursing home, or 2) let residents work if they want to.

Honor the resident''s right to manage his or her financial affairs.

Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.

Let each resident or the resident''s legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident''s records.

The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.

Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency.

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home''s survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

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.

Provide information about how to apply for and use Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

Immediately tell the resident, the resident''s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

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.

Not prohibit or in any way discourage a resident from communicating with federal, state, or local officials.

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

Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident''s belongings or money.

Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident''s ability to function.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

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

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.

Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.

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.

Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.

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

Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

Provide appropriate foot care.

Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Provide appropriate care/assistance for a resident with a prosthesis.

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

Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.

Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.

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.

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.