Bethany Lutheran Home

Health Inspections

Health Inspections 1
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 6
IA State Average: 5
U.S. Average: 6
IA Deficiencies Range: 1–23
Complaints & Incidents: 2
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 12, 2012 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	Some	5/1/2012
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	4/26/2012
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	4/26/2012
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	4/26/2012
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	4/26/2012
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Very Low	Some	4/12/2012

October 19, 2011 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	11/15/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
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	11/15/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	1/19/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Very Low	Some	11/15/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Very Low	Some	11/15/2011

April 21, 2011 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	5/6/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Some	5/17/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Some	5/17/2011
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	5/17/2011
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	5/17/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	5/17/2011
Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor.	Low	Few	Not Corrected
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	5/17/2011
Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed.	Low	Few	5/17/2011
Provide proof that residents' personal money that is deposited with the nursing home is secure.	Very Low	Many	5/17/2011
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Very Low	Some	5/17/2011
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.	Very Low	Some	5/17/2011
Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent inspection.	Very Low	Some	5/17/2011
Upon the death of a resident, convey the residentâs personal funds and an accounting of those funds to the appropriate party.	Very Low	Some	5/17/2011

November 19, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

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	12/28/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	12/28/2012

September 20, 2012 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	10/8/2012
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	10/8/2012

October 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	11/15/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	11/15/2011

March 04, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

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.	Some	Few	3/29/2011

December 01, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

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	Few	12/29/2010

October 22, 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.	Very Low	Some	11/16/2010

May 12, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

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.	Some	Few	6/14/2010

April 08, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

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.	Some	Few	6/14/2010

December 08, 2009 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
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.	High	Some	1/4/2010
Operate and provide services according to federal, state, and local laws and professional standards.	Very Low	Some	12/23/2009
Make sure that doctors visit residents regularly, as required.	Low	Some	12/28/2009

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.