AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE AT WEST HARTFORD
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$24,453
Outcome
AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE AT WEST HARTFORD in WEST HARTFORD, CT was fined $24,453 by CMS following 67 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE AT WEST HARTFORD (WEST HARTFORD, CT) — $24,453 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE AT WEST HARTFORD in WEST HARTFORD, CT was fined $24,453 by CMS following 67 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's continuous compliance monitoring would have flagged the regulatory gaps that led to these CMS fines — through automated survey-readiness checks, real-time deficiency tracking, staff compliance dashboards, and corrective action plan enforcement — preventing the violations before the next federal survey.
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