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Wingate at Beacon

Health Inspections

! Special Focus Facility: This home is being closely monitored because of a history of bad care.

Health Inspections 1
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 20
NY State Average: 6
U.S. Average: 6
NY Deficiencies Range: 1–31
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.

August 20, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
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.	High	Some	10/2/2012
Make sure that the facility is administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident.	High	Some	10/2/2012
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	High	Some	10/2/2012
Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility.	High	Some	10/2/2012
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Some	10/2/2012
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.	Low	Some	10/2/2012
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Some	10/2/2012
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Low	Some	10/2/2012
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Some	10/2/2012
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	10/2/2012
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	10/2/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	10/2/2012
Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations.	Low	Few	10/2/2012
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.	Low	Few	10/2/2012
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Few	10/2/2012
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	10/2/2012
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Low	Few	10/2/2012
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Low	Few	10/2/2012
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	10/2/2012
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	10/2/2012

September 29, 2011 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	11/17/2011
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Some	11/17/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Some	11/17/2011
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.	Low	Some	11/17/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	11/17/2011
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action.	Low	Some	11/17/2011
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Few	11/17/2011
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	11/17/2011
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	11/17/2011
Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.	Low	Few	11/17/2011
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	11/17/2011
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.	Low	Few	11/17/2011
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 residentâs clinical condition.	Low	Few	11/17/2011
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Very Low	Some	11/17/2011
Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis.	Very Low	Some	11/17/2011
Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.	Very Low	Some	11/17/2011

November 18, 2010 Health Inspection

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	1/10/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	1/10/2011
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	1/10/2011
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.	Low	Few	1/10/2011
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.	Low	Few	1/10/2011

August 07, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	9/10/2012

January 04, 2011 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.	High	Some	2/8/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	High	Some	2/8/2011
Provide food in a way that meets a resident's needs.	High	Some	2/8/2011
Make sure that the facility is administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident.	High	Some	2/8/2011

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.