SHERIDEN WOODS HEALTH CARE CENTER INC
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$27,846
Outcome
SHERIDEN WOODS HEALTH CARE CENTER INC in BRISTOL, CT was fined $27,846 by CMS following 49 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
SHERIDEN WOODS HEALTH CARE CENTER INC (BRISTOL, CT) — $27,846 in CMS Fines
Outcome: SHERIDEN WOODS HEALTH CARE CENTER INC in BRISTOL, CT was fined $27,846 by CMS following 49 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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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