Source: https://venicelawfirm.com/2018/10/20/manorcare-health-services-nursing-home-venice/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 14:38:33+00:00

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Manorcare Health Services Nursing Home Venice is located at 1450 East Venice Avenue in Venice, Florida was cited for multiple deficiencies under state and federal law on May 3, 2018.
ManorCare Health Services is a 129 bed nursing home located in Venice, Florida. On May 3, 2018, state inspectors with the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration conducted an unannounced survey investigation at ManorCare Health Services in Venice to determine whether this nursing home was in substantial compliance with state and federal law.
Nursing homes must not administer unnecessary psychotropic medications or drugs to its residents. The law applies equally to Manorcare Health Services Nursing Home Venice The federal regulation that ManorCare Health Services was found on May 3, 2018 to have failed to comply with requires the following: §483.45(e) Psychotropic Drugs. §483.45(c)(3) A psychotropic drug is any drug that affects brain activities associated with mental processes and behavior. These drugs include, but are not limited to, drugs in the following categories: (i) Anti-psychotic; (ii) Anti-depressant; (iii) Anti-anxiety; and (iv) Hypnotic Based on a comprehensive assessment of a resident, the facility must ensure that— §483.45(e)(1) Residents who have not used psychotropic drugs are not given these drugs unless the medication is necessary to treat a specific condition as diagnosed and documented in the clinical record; §483.45(e)(2) Residents who use psychotropic drugs receive gradual dose reductions, and behavioral interventions, unless clinically contraindicated, in an effort to discontinue these drugs; §483.45(e)(3) Residents do not receive psychotropic drugs pursuant to a PRN order unless that medication is necessary to treat a diagnosed specific condition that is documented in the clinical record; and §483.45(e)(4) PRN orders for psychotropic drugs are limited to 14 days. Except as provided in §483.45(e)(5), if the attending physician or prescribing practitioner believes that it is appropriate for the PRN order to be extended beyond 14 days, he or she should document their rationale in the resident’s medical record and indicate the duration for the PRN order. §483.45(e)(5) PRN orders for anti-psychotic drugs are limited to 14 days and cannot be renewed unless the attending physician or prescribing practitioner evaluates the resident for the appropriateness of that medication.

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