Hilltop Park Post Acute

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

Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.

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.

Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.

Help the resident with transportation to and from laboratory services outside of the facility.

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

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

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.

Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.

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.

Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

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

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.

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

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.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

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

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

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

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

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

Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.