Eamc Lanier Nursing Home

• Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

  Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 10, 2021

• Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 5, 2019

• Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Apr 26, 2019

• Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 24, 2019

• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 24, 2019

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 24, 2019

• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 24, 2019

• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 24, 2019

• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 25, 2018

• Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 28, 2018

• Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Apr 30, 2018

• 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.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 25, 2018

• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Apr 25, 2018

• Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 28, 2018

• Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 28, 2018

• Develop a communication plan.

  Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Apr 30, 2018

Eamc Lanier Nursing Home offers Home Health and Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Eamc Lanier Nursing Home is located at 4800 48th Street in Valley, Alabama.

This Valley, Alabama nursing home is connected to EAMC-Lanier Rural Emergency Hospital and offers skilled and intermediate nursing care. Reviews are sharply divided: one family praises the staff's attentiveness and free on-site salon services, while others report serious concerns about medication administration and a resident's death.

Yes. Eamc Lanier Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified home health agency, so Medicare Part A or Part B pays in full for skilled nursing, therapy and home health aide visits when a doctor orders them and the patient is homebound. There is no copay for covered home health visits. Medicare rates the agency's quality of patient care 4.0 out of 5 stars.

For Medicare to pay, yes: a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant must certify that care is needed and sign a plan of care. Families can call the agency first, and the agency will usually contact the doctor to arrange the order. Ongoing help with bathing, meals and companionship is a different service, non-medical home care, which needs no referral.

Eamc Lanier Nursing Home had 3 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 16 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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