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Health Care Center-Forum Tucson

Health Inspections

Health Inspections 1
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 10
AZ State Average: 8
U.S. Average: 6
AZ Deficiencies Range: 1–38
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.

March 22, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility	Low	Many	4/20/2012
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	4/20/2012
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Some	4/20/2012
Give notice to the resident before a room or roommate change.	Low	Few	4/20/2012
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Few	4/20/2012
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Few	4/20/2012
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Low	Few	4/20/2012
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	4/20/2012
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	4/20/2012
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.	Very Low	Some	4/20/2012

January 28, 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	4/21/2011
Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being.	Low	Some	4/21/2011
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action.	Low	Some	4/21/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	4/21/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	4/21/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	4/21/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Few	4/21/2011
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.	Low	Few	4/21/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	4/21/2011
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area.	Low	Few	4/21/2011
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Very Low	Many	4/21/2011

October 09, 2009 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.	Low	Some	12/2/2009
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	12/2/2009
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.	Low	Some	12/2/2009
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Some	12/2/2009
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
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	12/2/2009
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Few	12/2/2009
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.	Very Low	Some	12/2/2009

November 08, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Help and prepare each resident for a safe and easy discharge or transfer from the nursing home.	Low	Few	11/16/2012

September 28, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
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	11/4/2011

January 28, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	4/21/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	4/21/2011
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Some	Few	4/21/2011
Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being.	Low	Some	4/21/2011

August 04, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	8/27/2010
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Low	Some	8/27/2010
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	8/27/2010
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action.	Low	Some	8/27/2010

May 26, 2010 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.	Low	Few	6/16/2010

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.