Our Island Home
Our Island Home is a 45-bed smoke-free Skilled Nursing Facility located in Nantucket, MA, providing healthcare services that allow residents to live their lives to their fullest potential. The facility offers individualized, innovative, and holistic nursing and rehabilitative care. It features semi-private and private rooms, a tropical fish tank, an outdoor patio overlooking the harbor, and daily pet visits. Our Island Home is dually licensed in Medicaid and Medicare and has received a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), indicating above-average quality in health inspections and staffing.
Overall: 5/5 · Health: 4/5 · Staffing: 4/5 · QM: 5/5
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- F-658SS E — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-880SS D — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- K-293SS F — Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
- K-324SS F — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- K-345SS F — Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- K-372SS F — Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- K-521SS F — Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- K-712SS F — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
- K-761SS F — To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
- F-690SS D — Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- F-880SS D — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F-883SS E — Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
- F-945SS D — Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
- F-550SS D — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- F-580SS D — Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- F-656SS E — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- F-658SS E — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-689SS D — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F-757SS E — Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- F-758SS E — 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.
- F-849SS D — Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- E-41SS D — Implement emergency and standby power systems.
- K-311SS D — Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
- K-345SS C — Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- K-361SS D — Ensure that waiting areas, nurse’s stations, gift shops, and cooking facilities, open to the corridor are properly protected.
- K-712SS E — Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
- K-918SS D — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
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- Sep 1981
operator transition — TOWN OF NANTUCKET
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (100%) — TOWN OF NANTUCKET