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Linwood Care Center

Health Inspections

Health Inspections 1
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 13
NJ State Average: 5
U.S. Average: 6
NJ Deficiencies Range: 1–19
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.

July 18, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.	Low	Some	8/15/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	8/15/2012
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Protect each resident from mistreatment, neglect and misappropriation of personal property.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
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	8/15/2012
Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Make sure that each residents' abilities in activities of daily living do not decline, unless unavoidable.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.	Low	Few	8/15/2012
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	8/15/2012

September 08, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Make sure that the facility is administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident.	Low	Many	10/22/2011
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	10/22/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Many	10/22/2011
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Low	Few	10/22/2011
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.	Low	Few	10/22/2011
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.	Low	Few	10/22/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	10/22/2011

October 25, 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	Many	12/10/2010
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.	Low	Many	12/10/2010
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	12/10/2010
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	12/10/2010
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Few	12/10/2010

April 09, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Some	Few	Not Corrected
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Some	Few	Not Corrected

November 30, 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.	Low	Few	1/12/2012
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	1/12/2012
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.	Low	Few	1/12/2012

September 08, 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.	Low	Some	10/22/2011
Make sure that the facility is administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident.	Low	Many	10/22/2011

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.