Providence Extended Care Center

Health Inspections

Health Inspections 2
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 11
AK State Average: 7
U.S. Average: 6
AK Deficiencies Range: 1–21
Complaints & Incidents: 1
Updated April 18, 2013.

Our health inspections rating describes how well this home met health and safety standards for food preparation and other nursing-home activities in the latest three state inspections. Such inspections are conducted about every 15 months.

April 06, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Many	5/20/2012
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	5/20/2012
Honor a residents' rights as a residents of the nursing home, free of coercion and reprisal, and as citizens or residents of the united states.	Low	Some	5/20/2012
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Low	Few	5/20/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	5/20/2012
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	5/20/2012
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.	Low	Few	5/20/2012
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined safe.	Low	Few	5/20/2012
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	5/20/2012
1) hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.	Low	Few	5/20/2012
Send unopened mail from residents and promptly deliver unopened mail to residents.	Low	Few	5/20/2012

May 13, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	6/27/2011
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Many	6/27/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	6/27/2011
Ensure that residents with limited range of motion receive appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion or prevent further decrease in range of motion.	Low	Some	6/27/2011
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.	Low	Some	6/30/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	6/27/2011
Let residents refuse treatment, refuse to take part in an experiment, or formulate advance directives.	Low	Few	6/20/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	6/27/2011

February 25, 2010 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	4/9/2010
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	3/25/2010
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Few	4/9/2010
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.	Very Low	Many	4/9/2010

August 15, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
1) hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.	Low	Few	9/27/2012

March 14, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Some	Few	4/18/2011

December 30, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Few	2/13/2011

December 10, 2009 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Few	1/15/2010

Note: Because of differences in calculation, all data may not match those shown on Nursing Home Compare, a website run by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS has approved the U.S. News methodology.

Last updated April 18, 2013.