Avalon Care Center - Shadow Mountain

Health Inspections

Health Inspections
2
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 12
AZ State Average: 8
U.S. Average: 6
AZ Deficiencies Range: 1–38
Complaints & Incidents: 3
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.

September 13, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Some
10/17/2012
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Some
10/17/2012
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.
Low
Some
10/17/2012
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Low
Few
10/17/2012
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.
Low
Few
10/17/2012
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
Few
10/17/2012
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.
Low
Few
10/17/2012
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Few
10/17/2012
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
Low
Few
10/17/2012
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
10/17/2012
Prevent a loss in range of motion among residents who entered the nursing home with a full range of motion, unless it is unavoidable due to residentâ’s clinical condition.
Low
Few
10/17/2012
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area.
Low
Few
10/17/2012

June 29, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
Some
Few
8/4/2011
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
8/4/2011
Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.
Low
Few
8/4/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Few
8/4/2011
Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent inspection.
Very Low
Some
8/4/2011

March 26, 2010 Health Inspection

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
6/10/2010
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
Some
Few
6/10/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Some
6/10/2010
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.
Low
Some
6/10/2010
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.
Low
Some
6/10/2010
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
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
Few
6/10/2010
Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in physical or mental health.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Let residents refuse treatment, refuse to take part in an experiment, or formulate advance directives.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Low
Few
6/10/2010

November 30, 2011 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
1/4/2012
Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property.
Low
Few
1/4/2012
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.
Low
Few
1/4/2012

June 29, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.
Low
Few
8/4/2011
Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent inspection.
Very Low
Some
8/4/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Few
8/4/2011
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
8/4/2011
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
Some
Few
8/4/2011

March 26, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.
Low
Some
6/10/2010
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
Some
Few
6/10/2010
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Let residents refuse treatment, refuse to take part in an experiment, or formulate advance directives.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.
Low
Some
6/10/2010
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in physical or mental health.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Some
6/10/2010
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.
Low
Few
6/10/2010
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Some
Few
6/10/2010

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.


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