DEL AMO GARDENS CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$8,018
Outcome
DEL AMO GARDENS CARE CENTER in TORRANCE, CA was fined $8,018 by CMS following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
DEL AMO GARDENS CARE CENTER (TORRANCE, CA) — $8,018 in CMS Fines
Outcome: DEL AMO GARDENS CARE CENTER in TORRANCE, CA was fined $8,018 by CMS following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
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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