ALLISON CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$34,580
Outcome
ALLISON CARE CENTER in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $34,580 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ALLISON CARE CENTER (LAKEWOOD, CO) — $34,580 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ALLISON CARE CENTER in LAKEWOOD, CO was fined $34,580 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- 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.
- Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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