AHCA Hospice Deficiency
As an Assisted living facility you must make sure that any residents on hospice have an Interdisciplinary Care Plan on file.
AHCA Want’s Your Recipe’s
If your facility has more than 17 or more residents your facility is required to have and utilize Standardized Recipes and have the actual recipes available for AHCA to review.
Bed Rail AHCA Deficiencies
Bed rails can lead to an AHCA deficiency in a Florida assisted living facility when they are used without proper resident assessment, physician or health care provider input, informed consent, and ongoing monitoring for entrapment or injury risk. While bed rails may seem like a simple solution for a resident who is a fall risk, […]
AHCA Says NO To Over The Counter!
The Issue If your resident’s 1823 form identifies that they need assistance with their medications, they cannot have any medications in their rooms (even if it’s over the counter). The facility must centrally store all medications. It sounds simple to make sure that your facility is compliant with this medication regulation. But depending on the […]