LIFE CARE CENTER OF AURORA
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$33,222
Outcome
LIFE CARE CENTER OF AURORA in AURORA, CO was fined $33,222 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LIFE CARE CENTER OF AURORA (AURORA, CO) — $33,222 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LIFE CARE CENTER OF AURORA in AURORA, CO was fined $33,222 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Provide appropriate foot care.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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