Franklin Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center

Health Inspections

Health Inspections 2
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 8
WA State Average: 8
U.S. Average: 6
WA Deficiencies Range: 1–28
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 21, 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	9/21/2012
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Low	Few	9/21/2012
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.	Low	Few	9/21/2012
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Few	9/21/2012
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	9/21/2012
At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor.	Low	Few	9/21/2012
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Few	9/21/2012
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Very Low	Some	9/21/2012

June 09, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Some	7/15/2011
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	7/15/2011
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
1) receive registry verification that a nurse aide has met the required training and skills that the state requires; and 2) ensure nurse aides receive the required retraining after 24 months if nursing related services were not provided for monetary compensation	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program for mentally-ill and mentally-retarded patients.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
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	7/15/2011
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	Few	7/15/2011
Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Make sure that each residents' abilities in activities of daily living do not decline, unless unavoidable.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.	Low	Few	7/15/2011
Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.	Low	Few	7/15/2011

July 28, 2010 Health Inspection

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.	Some	Few	9/3/2010
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.	Low	Some	9/3/2010
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	9/3/2010
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	9/3/2010
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	9/3/2010
Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.	Low	Few	9/3/2010
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	9/3/2010
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.	Low	Few	9/3/2010
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	9/3/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	9/3/2010

November 08, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	12/15/2012

May 24, 2012 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	6/4/2012

June 20, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.	Some	Few	7/15/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	High	Few	7/15/2011

March 08, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.	Some	Few	4/4/2011
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Some	Few	4/4/2011
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.	Some	Few	4/4/2011

February 28, 2011 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	4/4/2011

November 15, 2010 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	12/3/2010

July 15, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Establish and follow a written policy that permits a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.	Low	Few	9/3/2010
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Few	9/3/2010
Tell the resident or the residentâs representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the residentâs bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.	Low	Some	9/3/2010

March 11, 2010 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	4/23/2010
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	4/23/2010

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.