PALMS CARE CENTER
1010 VENTURA AVENUE, CHOWCHILLA, CA, 93610 · 5596654826
Legal business name: PALMS CARE CENTER LLC
On the CMS record
- Overall rating (CMS)
- 4 / 5
- Health inspection rating
- 4 / 5
- Staffing rating
- 3 / 5
- Certified beds
- 65
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- AJC HEALTHCARE
Inspection findings on record (39)
Quoted exactly as CMS published them. We do not rewrite findings.
— Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Post nurse staffing information every day.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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— Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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— Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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— Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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— Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
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— Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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— Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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— Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
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— Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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— Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
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— Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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— Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
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— Administration Deficiencies
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
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— Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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— Infection Control Deficiencies
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
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— Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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— Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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— Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
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— Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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— Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
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— Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) · CMS Certification Number 055047