MEDICAL MANAGEMENT HEALTH AND REHAB CENTER
LOCATED: 1509 CEDAR AVE, MACON, GA 31204

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT HEALTH AND REHAB CENTER was cited by the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES for the following deficiencies:

PLEASE NOTE: The following highlighted quoted text is only a portion of the full report/survey submitted by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES. The full report/survey can be found here.

FACILITY FAILED TO HAVE ENOUGH NURSES TO CARE FOR EVERY RESIDENT IN A WAY THAT MAXIMIZES THE RESIDENT’S WELL BEING.

LEVEL OF HARM –IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY

**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY**

Based on observation, clinical record review, and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure that there was sufficient staff to provide supervision to protect potentially all residents in the facility from aggressive behaviors of resident #7, as evidenced by nine (9) resident-to-resident altercations between 04/12/15 and 01/21/16. In addition, the facility failed to ensure sufficient staffing to prevent falls, and to monitor that interventions for falls prevention were implemented and re-evaluated for continued use for seven (7) residents (residents #2, #7, #13, #26, #27, S, and T), who sustained injuries including fractures, lacerations, hematomas and abrasions. In addition, the facility failed to ensure there was sufficient  staff to monitor residents’ skin weekly as per policy, and implement measures to help prevent the development of pressure ulcers for two high- risk residents (S and #25), who developed deep tissue injuries. The facility’s failure to have sufficient staff resulted in Immediate Jeopardy (IJ). It was also determined that the provider’s non-compliance with one or more requirements of participation had caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to residents. The sample size was thirty (30) residents.

During interview with the Assistant Director of Nurses (ADON) on 01/29/16 at 9:45 a.m., who scheduled the nursing staffing for the facility, she stated that she was not sure how to answer how they ensured that staffing was sufficient to meet the residents’ needs. She stated that residents were assigned to a group, and then Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) were assigned to a group to care for them. Upon further interview, she stated that she included herself and the Director of Nurses (DON) in the calculation of direct care nursing hours, but that they were administrative staff and did not do direct care.

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