Sancta Maria Nursing Facility
Sancta Maria Nursing Facility, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is dedicated to providing compassionate and holistic care to its residents. The facility offers a range of services including short-term and long-term care, skilled nursing, and specialized programs such as respiratory rehabilitation and wound care management. With a commitment to quality care rooted in a non-profit mission, Sancta Maria welcomes individuals of all faiths and emphasizes a personalized approach to health and wellness.
Overall: 1/5 · Health: 2/5 · Staffing: 1/5 · QM: 3/5
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- 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 D — 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-684SS D — Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- F-686SS D — Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F-689SS D — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F-726SS E — 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.
- F-756SS D — Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- F-758SS D — 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-761SS E — 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.
- F-810SS D — Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
- F-842SS E — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- F-550SS E — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- F-604SS D — Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- 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 D — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-698SS D — Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- F-699SS D — Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- F-726SS E — 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.
- F-756SS D — Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- F-757SS D — Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- F-761SS E — 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.
- F-812SS E — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F-842SS D — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- F-880SS D — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F-554SS E — Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- F-604SS D — Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- F-656SS D — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- F-658SS D — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-677SS D — Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- F-686SS D — Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F-692SS D — Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- F-697SS D — Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- F-699SS D — Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- F-761SS F — 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.
- F-842SS D — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- F-880SS F — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F-881SS F — Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
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