Tendercare Health Center-Birchwood

Health Inspections

Health Inspections
2
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 6
MI State Average: 7
U.S. Average: 6
MI Deficiencies Range: 1–28
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.

May 24, 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
Many
6/28/2012
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Low
Some
6/28/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Low
Some
6/28/2012
Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.
Low
Some
6/28/2012
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Some
6/28/2012
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs.
Low
Few
6/28/2012

May 05, 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
6/6/2011
Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.
Low
Some
6/6/2011
Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
Low
Some
6/6/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Low
Few
6/6/2011
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Low
Few
6/6/2011
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.
Low
Few
6/6/2011

April 29, 2010 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
6/9/2010
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Some
6/9/2010
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Low
Some
6/9/2010
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Low
Some
6/9/2010
Ensure residents have the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules, and health care according to their interests, assessments, and plans of care.
Low
Some
6/9/2010
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
6/9/2010
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.
Low
Few
6/9/2010
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Few
6/9/2010

February 01, 2013 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.
Low
Few
2/26/2013
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
High
Few
2/26/2013
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Low
Few
2/26/2013

May 24, 2012 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
6/28/2012
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs.
Low
Few
6/28/2012

March 22, 2012 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
3/26/2012

December 08, 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
Few
12/27/2011

March 29, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Protect each resident from all abuse, physical punishment, and involuntary separation from others.
Low
Few
4/26/2011
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
4/26/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Low
Few
4/26/2011

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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