Liberty Country Place

Health Inspections

Health Inspections 1
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 6
WA State Average: 8
U.S. Average: 6
WA Deficiencies Range: 1–28
Complaints & Incidents: 3
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.

November 30, 2012 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	Many	1/22/2013
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	1/22/2013
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Many	1/22/2013
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	1/22/2013
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.	Low	Few	1/22/2013
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Very Low	Many	1/22/2013

September 27, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Many	11/15/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	11/15/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Some	11/15/2011
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	11/15/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
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.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	11/15/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	11/15/2011

September 07, 2010 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.	High	Some	10/4/2010
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	10/4/2010
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Many	10/4/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Some	10/4/2010
1) review the work of each nurse aide every year; and 2) give regular in-service training based upon these reviews.	Low	Some	10/4/2010
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Few	10/4/2010
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	10/4/2010
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.	Low	Few	10/4/2010
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	10/4/2010
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	10/4/2010
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.	Low	Few	10/4/2010

May 03, 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.	Some	Few	6/12/2012
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Some	Few	6/12/2012
Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors.	Low	Few	6/12/2012

March 01, 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	4/12/2012

August 04, 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	Few	9/9/2011

January 31, 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.	Some	Few	2/22/2011

September 21, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.	Some	Few	10/11/2010
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	Few	10/11/2010
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.	Some	Few	10/11/2010
Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors.	Low	Some	10/11/2010

July 16, 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	8/16/2010
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	Few	8/16/2010

February 02, 2010 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	3/2/2010
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	3/2/2010

December 07, 2009 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	12/21/2009

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.