ALDEN MEADOW:
- caused ACTUAL HARMi to residents
- has received the worst ratingsi
- had unsafe staffing levelsi despite large revenues
ALDEN MEADOW
has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:
Actual Harm Findingsi
In 11 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that ALDEN MEADOW caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from November 21, 2013 to June 9, 2021).
All Surveys: 2013-11-21 2014-03-31 2015-05-21 2017-07-05 2017-12-21 2018-07-18 2020-09-17 2021-06-09
Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi
ALDEN MEADOW received the worst ratings for the following:
27 months total between January, 2014 and November, 2022
56 months total between January, 2014 and October, 2019
For the last 3 consecutive months - October, 2024 to January, 2025
20 months total between April, 2021 and January, 2025
History of Unsafe Staffingi
Understaffing has a very human cost, not only to the dignity of nursing home residents but also to their basic safety and well-being. Click here for signs and symptoms of understaffing.
Understaffing has been determined to cause patient injury and deprive residents of essential care according to numerous scientific studies.
What is unsafe CNA staffing?
Below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day
"Less than 2.0 nurse aide hours per patient day is likely to result in poor care."
Was ALDEN MEADOW staffed at Unsafe levels?:
119 days
out of 182 days In 2023: 81.1%
223 days
out of 275 days In 2022: 100%
365 days
out of 365 days In 2021: 90.1%
329 days
out of 365 days In 2020: 98.2%
270 days
out of 275 days In 2019: 99.7%
364 days
out of 365 days In 2018: 99.2%
362 days
out of 365 days In 2017: 98.6%
360 days
out of 365 days
per resident per day In 2024: 1.90 hours
January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2023: 1.72 hours
April 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2022: 1.07 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2021: 1.38 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2020: 1.43 hours
April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2019: 1.23 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2018: 1.39 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2017: 1.43 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
per resident per day In 2024: 2.98 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024) In 2023: 2.78 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023) In 2022: 2.10 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) In 2021: 2.57 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021) In 2020: 2.53 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) In 2019: 2.32 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) In 2018: 2.44 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018) In 2017: 2.43 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)
Source — Payroll Based Journal daily staffing reports filed by this nursing home with CMS.
(For 2018, the most currently avaliable data is used above.)
Why do staffing levels matter to ALDEN MEADOW residents?
- 100.0% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
- 100.0% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
- 86.0% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
- 38.6% of residents had dementia
Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (March 29, 2017)
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