LAKEWOOD POST ACUTE AND REHABILITATION in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $49,137 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

LAKEWOOD POST ACUTE AND REHABILITATION (LAKEWOOD, CO) — $49,137 in CMS Fines

Outcome: LAKEWOOD POST ACUTE AND REHABILITATION in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $49,137 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 34 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Deficiency areas cited:

• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.


• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.


• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.


• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.


• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.


• Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.


• Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.


• Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.