Southbridge Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
84 CHAPIN STREET, SOUTHBRIDGE, MA, 01550 · 7744371166
Legal business name: SOUTHBRIDGE MA SNF LLC
On the CMS record
- Overall rating (CMS)
- 2 / 5
- Health inspection rating
- 3 / 5
- Staffing rating
- 1 / 5
- Certified beds
- 144
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- ATHENA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
Inspection findings on record (31)
Quoted exactly as CMS published them. We do not rewrite findings.
— Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
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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 Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
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— Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
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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
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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— 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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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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— Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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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
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
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— Infection Control Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
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— Environmental Deficiencies
Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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— Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Post nurse staffing information every day.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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— Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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— Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
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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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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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— Resident Rights Deficiencies
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
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— Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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— Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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— Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
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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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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) · CMS Certification Number 225293