THORNTON CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$21,483
Outcome
THORNTON CARE CENTER in THORNTON, CO was fined $21,483 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 62 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
THORNTON CARE CENTER (THORNTON, CO) — $21,483 in CMS Fines
Outcome: THORNTON CARE CENTER in THORNTON, CO was fined $21,483 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 62 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- 1) Protect residents from being forced to work at the nursing home, or 2) let residents work if they want to.
- Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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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