CAMELLIA GARDENS OF LIFE CARE
CMS
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$7,020
Outcome
CAMELLIA GARDENS OF LIFE CARE in THOMASVILLE, GA was fined $7,020 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CAMELLIA GARDENS OF LIFE CARE (THOMASVILLE, GA) — $7,020 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CAMELLIA GARDENS OF LIFE CARE in THOMASVILLE, GA was fined $7,020 by CMS following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- 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 pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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