REHABILITATION CENTER AT SANDALWOOD, THE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$46,150
Outcome
REHABILITATION CENTER AT SANDALWOOD, THE in WHEAT RIDGE, CO was fined $46,150 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
REHABILITATION CENTER AT SANDALWOOD, THE (WHEAT RIDGE, CO) — $46,150 in CMS Fines
Outcome: REHABILITATION CENTER AT SANDALWOOD, THE in WHEAT RIDGE, CO was fined $46,150 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- 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 that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
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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