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RIVERSIDE HEALTH CARE CENTER
5100 WEST STREET
COVINGTON, GA  30014

(770) 787-0211

Size (date of last inspection: 20051109)
159 total beds available
146 current residents
92% occupied

Staff Presence
3.3 nurse hours per resident per day
0.23 with Registered Nurses
1.31 with Licensed Practical Nurses
1.76 with Certified Nurse Assistants

Medicare and Medicaid
Yes participant in Medicare
Yes participant in Medicaid

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

    Resident Details (survey date: 20051109)
    9%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    16%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    18%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    9%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    21%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    27%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    5%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    2%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    6%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    13%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    2%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    20%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    9%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    54%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    11%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    7
    1...12
    Mistreatment: Protect residents from mistreatment, neglect, and/or theft of personal property.
    Level of Harm: Actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    7
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
    Level of Harm: Actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    5
    1...12
    Administration: Keep accurate and appropriate medical records.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    5
    1...12
    Administration: Keep accurate and appropriate medical records.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    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: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    4
    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: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    4
    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: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Have a program to keep infection from spreading.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060113
    4
    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: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    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: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Make sure each resident has the right to choose activities, schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    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: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Provide care in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and self respect.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Move, clean and store sheets, towels and other linens in a way that prevents the spread of infection.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    4
    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: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    4
    1...12
    Mistreatment: Protect residents from mistreatment, neglect, and/or theft of personal property.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    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: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    4
    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: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    2
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep all essential equipment working safely.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    2
    1...12
    Environmental: Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040107Corrected By: 20040220
    2
    1...12
    Environmental: Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    2
    1...12
    Environmental: Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050216Corrected By: 20050402
    2
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105
    2
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20051109Corrected By: 20060105

    Hospitals in Covington:

    NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER
    5126 HOSPITAL DRIVE NE
    COVINGTON, GA
    Phone: 7707867053


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