Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Health Inspections
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Health Deficiencies
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| This Nursing Home: 5 | |
| PA State Average: 4 | |
| U.S. Average: 6 | |
| PA Deficiencies Range: 1–20 | |
| 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.
May 17, 2012 Health Inspection
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly. | 7/10/2012 | ||
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 7/10/2012 | ||
| Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%. | 7/10/2012 | ||
| 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. | 7/10/2012 | ||
| Maintain comfortable sound levels. | 7/10/2012 |
June 17, 2011 Health Inspection
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. | 8/9/2011 | ||
| Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly. | 8/9/2011 | ||
| Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. | 8/9/2011 | ||
| Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards. | 8/9/2011 | ||
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 8/9/2011 | ||
| 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. | 8/9/2011 |
May 07, 2010 Health Inspection
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. | 8/3/2010 | ||
| Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| 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. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| 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. | 8/3/2010 | ||
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident. | 8/3/2010 | ||
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 8/3/2010 | ||
| Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action. | 8/3/2010 | ||
| Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Provide proper discharge planning and communication, of the resident's health status and summary of the resident's nursing home stay. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| 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. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Provide or obtain laboratory services only when ordered by the attending physician. | 8/3/2010 | ||
| Permit residents to remain in the facility and not be transferred or discharged without adequate reason. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors. | 8/3/2010 | ||
| 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. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Provide proof that residents' personal money that is deposited with the nursing home is secure. | 7/15/2010 | ||
| Let residents choose whether to manage their own money or deposit it with the nursing home. | 7/15/2010 |
January 03, 2011 Complaints & Incidents
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Provide housekeeping and maintenance services. | 2/22/2011 |
November 24, 2010 Complaints & Incidents
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Approved construction type or materials. | 1/24/2011 |
April 26, 2010 Complaints & Incidents
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. | 5/21/2010 |
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.