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Nursing Home Compare Portal Assignment #3 Nursing Home Compare Portal Medicare has a public database that allows anyone to review several criteria on nursing homes that accept Medicare. Almost all nursing homes do. The Federal Medicare Program and state sponsored Medicaid programs pay the largest portion of nursing home costs. Thoroughly review the Nursing Home Compare Portal. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html Part l: Responsibilities and Rights Use the links on the Nursing Home Compare page to access the information needed to respond to the following Describe the legal rights for nursing home residents 2. Describe what to look for when searching for a nursing home. 3. Describe the Five Star Quality Rating System and what it's used for (see the "How we calculate ratings" link) Part Il: Nursing Home Comparison Find, compare, and discuss two nursing homes in the area where you live. Focus on the following: 1. Health Inspections 2. Nursing Home Staffing 3. Quality Measures Discuss which nursing home you would most likely recommend and why

Answer 1

1. LEGAL RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS ARE:

• DIGNITY RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION every time irrespective of age, sex, religion, status of client. client should receive dignity during undergone any nursing procedure. client should treated well and his or her relatives also. before doing any procedure consent (either verbal/written) should taken properly.
• QUALITY OF CARE AND TREATMENT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION should provided to each client. it should follow the quality marks of NABH and follow the SOPs of procedures. the client should receive immediate quality care without delaying in treatment. get insurance facility.
• FREEDOM OF CHOICE TO TAKE OWN INDEPENDENT DECISSION of taking treatment or any procedure or any discharge plan.
• SAFEGUARDS IN ADMISSION, TRANSFER AND DISCHARGE should maintain properly to avoid harsh treatment and provide clean treatment. smooth admission with quality care required. medicare benefits need to available.
• PRIVACY IN COMMUNICATION with the client and with the staffs need to establish. staff should have good interpersonal relationship with the client to gain client co-operation. client data should be confidential and it should comes under medical record department for preservation of client data for a long period. every client related data should communicated properly and documented properly to prevent any medico legal cases.
• FOLLOW PROTOCOL OF INFECTION PREVENTION to prevent cross contamination and communicable diseases.
• GRIEVANCE should present for staff and for client also. any sexual harassment, any theft, problems of staff and any complain of client should file immediately and need to solve also.
• STAFFING PATTERN need to maintain as per the govt. norms.
• FINANCE related budget preparation. it should have a separate account other than the personal account.