Nashville, Tennessee 2008 Nursing Home Report Card: Cumberland Manor Nursing Center
Cumberland Manor Nursing Center is a 124 bed nursing home facility located in Nashville, Tennessee. This facility is rated as a one-star nursing home according to the new system instituted by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. A one-star rating is the lowest rating possible and represents a below average facility. The average number of health deficiencies for the State of Tennessee is seven. In 2005, Cumberland Manor was right at the Tennessee average with seven deficiencies. In 2006, Cumberland Manor received nine deficiencies. However, in 2007, the most recent year available, Cumberland Manor ballooned to twenty-six deficiencies.
All nursing home residents have the right to be treated with dignity and respect by the facility staff and other residents. The facility is obligated to hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating residents and to report any acts of abuse or neglect immediately. Cumberland Manor residents were placed in immediate jeopardy when the facility failed to adhere to these policies. The facility also failed to protect each resident from abuse, physical punishment, and caused actual harm to the residents.
Each resident at a nursing home facility must receive the necessary care and services to that meet a professional standard of quality and the highest possible quality of life. According to these survey reports, the facility failed residents in this regard. Several examples include, the facility failing to provide professional services that adhere to each resident’s Care Plan, have enough nurses to care for the residents, make sure each resident entering the facility does not receive a catheter unless absolutely necessary, and provide proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems. The facility also failed to develop a complete Care Plan for each resident that meets all of the resident’s needs and check and update that Care Plan every three months. The facility caused residents actual harm when staff did not do an assessment of each resident each year and did not perform a new assessment after a major change in a resident’s physical or mental health.
The rights of Cumberland Manor’s residents were violated when the facility failed to keep each resident’s personal and medical records confidential, listen to the resident or the resident’s family or act on their complaints or suggestions, and provide care in such a way that keeps or builds the resident’s dignity and self-respect.
All food served to nursing home residents should be appetizing, nutritional, tasty, and attractive and served at the proper temperature. Cumberland Manor failed to provide food according to those guidelines and failed to store, cook, and give out food in a safe and clean way. The facility also failed to provide needed housekeeping and maintenance and make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers causing accidents.
All residents should be kept free from serious medication errors. Serious medication errors can result in sickness and even death. Cumberland Manor did not achieve that goal for its residents. The facility also failed to have a licensed pharmacist check the drugs that each resident takes at least once a month and to have drugs and other similar products available which are needed daily and during emergencies and to give them out properly.
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