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Unihealth Post-Acute Care - North Augusta

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: 2
SC State Average: 5
U.S. Average: 6
SC Deficiencies Range: 1–22
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.

December 06, 2012 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	Few	1/5/2013
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	1/5/2013

February 01, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and home-like environment; and allow residents to use personal belongings to the extent possible.	Low	Some	3/16/2012
Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.	Very Low	Many	3/16/2012

December 15, 2010 Health Inspection

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	1/14/2011
Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of laboratory tests.	High	Some	1/14/2011
Make sure that the facility is administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident.	High	Some	1/14/2011
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action.	High	Some	1/14/2011
Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.	Some	Few	1/14/2011
Maintain 15 months of resident assessments in the resident's active clinical record.	Low	Many	1/14/2011
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.	Low	Many	1/14/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Many	1/14/2011
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs.	Low	Many	1/14/2011
Give or get quality laboratory services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents.	Low	Some	1/14/2011
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Some	1/14/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	1/14/2011
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	1/14/2011
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	1/14/2011
Provide residents with private access to a telephone.	Low	Some	1/14/2011
Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.	Low	Some	1/14/2011
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.	Low	Few	1/14/2011
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	Few	1/14/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	1/14/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	1/14/2011
Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis.	Very Low	Many	1/14/2011
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Very Low	Many	1/14/2011
Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent inspection.	Very Low	Many	1/14/2011

February 11, 2013 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.	Low	Few	3/13/2013
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.	Low	Few	3/13/2013

June 21, 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.	Some	Few	9/10/2012
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Some	Few	9/10/2012
Give specialized rehabilitative services that are medically necessary by qualified personnel, when ordered by a doctor.	Some	Few	7/21/2012

February 01, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
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.	Low	Few	3/16/2012

September 06, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

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	Some	10/6/2011
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.	Low	Few	10/6/2011
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.	Low	Few	10/6/2011

May 31, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

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.	High	Some	6/16/2011
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.	High	Some	6/16/2011
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.	Low	Few	6/16/2011
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	High	Some	6/16/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	High	Some	6/16/2011
Give the right treatment and services to residents who display physical or psychosocial problems adapting to changes in circumstances.	High	Some	6/16/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	High	Some	6/16/2011
Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility.	High	Some	6/16/2011
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action.	High	Some	6/16/2011

December 15, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.	Some	Few	1/14/2011
Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of laboratory tests.	High	Some	1/14/2011
Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs.	Low	Many	1/14/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Many	1/14/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	High	Some	1/14/2011
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.	Low	Few	1/14/2011

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.