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PONDERA MEDICAL CENTER LTC
PO BOX 758
CONRAD, MT  59425

(406) 271-3211

Size (date of last inspection: 20060628)
67 total beds available
55 current residents
82% occupied

Staff Presence
4.93 nurse hours per resident per day
0.66 with Registered Nurses
0.56 with Licensed Practical Nurses
3.71 with Certified Nurse Assistants

Medicare and Medicaid
Yes participant in Medicare
Yes participant in Medicaid

Administration Details
  • This home is owned by a non-profit corporation
  • This home is located within a hospital
  • The owner does not own other homes
  • This home has resident councils

    Resident Details (survey date: 20060628)
    NA%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    NA%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    NA%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    NA%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    NA%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    NA%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    NA%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    NA%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    NA%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    NA%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    NA%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    NA%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    7
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Have a program to keep infection from spreading.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Keep drugs and other similar products locked safely and properly stored.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Administration: Keep accurate and appropriate medical records.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Keep drugs and other similar products locked safely and properly stored.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060628Corrected By: 20060811
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060628Corrected By: 20060811
    5
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Make a complete assessment that covers all questions for areas that are listed in official regulations.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Mistreatment: Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Mistreatment: 1) Hire only people who have no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Immediately tell the resident, doctor, and a family member if: the resident is injured, there is a major change in resident's physical/mental health, there is a need to alter treatment significantly, or the resident must be transferred or discharged.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that staff members wash their hands when needed.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060628Corrected By: 20060811
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that staff members wash their hands when needed.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040310Corrected By: 20040523
    4
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Make sure that the attending doctor orders special diets.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: 1) Develop a complete care plan within 7 days of each resident's admission; 2) prepare a care plan with the care team, including the primary nurse, doctor, resident or resident's family or representative; or 3) check and update the care plan.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    2
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Properly mark drugs and other similar products.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704
    2
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Provide drugs and related services needed by each resident.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050505Corrected By: 20050704

    Hospitals in Conrad:

    PONDERA MEDICAL CENTER - CAH
    805 SUNSET BLVD
    CONRAD, MT
    Phone: 4062713211


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