WESTWOOD POST:
- caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDYi to residents
- caused ACTUAL HARMi to residents
- has received the worst ratingsi
- had inadequate staffing levelsi
WESTWOOD POST
has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:
Immediate Jeopardy Findingsi
On March 7, 2024, state nursing home surveyors found that WESTWOOD POST caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY to residents.
All Recent Surveys: 2024-03-07
Actual Harm Findingsi
On March 7, 2024, state nursing home surveyors found that WESTWOOD POST caused ACTUAL HARM to residents.
All Recent Surveys: 2024-03-07
In 9 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that WESTWOOD POST caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from November 24, 2009 to March 7, 2024).
All Surveys: 2011-07-13 2009-11-24 2024-03-07 2022-04-11 2023-09-28
Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi
WESTWOOD POST received the worst ratings for the following:
For the last 7 consecutive months - June, 2024 to January, 2025
For the last 7 consecutive months - June, 2024 to January, 2025
26 months total between April, 2016 and June, 2023
History of Inadequate 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 inadequate overall staffing?
Below 4.1 hours of RNs, LPNs, and CNAs time for each resident per day
"Residents need a minimum total of 4.10 hours of care from RNs, LPNs, and CNAs per day for safety and basic services.
- American Nurses Association’s Position Statement dated November 12, 2014
Was WESTWOOD POST staffed at Inadequate levels?:
76 days
out of 182 days In 2023: 0.2986301369863
154 days
out of 365 days In 2022: 0.43287671232877
158 days
out of 365 days In 2021: 0.2986301369863
123 days
out of 365 days In 2020: 0.39636363636364
109 days
out of 275 days In 2019: 0.32602739726027
119 days
out of 365 days In 2018: 0.4027397260274
147 days
out of 365 days In 2017: 0.23835616438356
87 days
out of 365 days
per resident per day In 2024: 2.35 hours
January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2023: 2.23 hours
January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2022: 2.23 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2021: 2.34 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2020: 2.27 hours
April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2019: 2.32 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2018: 2.29 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2017: 2.33 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
per resident per day In 2024: 3.68 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024) In 2023: 3.47 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023) In 2022: 3.62 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) In 2021: 3.86 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021) In 2020: 3.78 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) In 2019: 3.72 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) In 2018: 3.56 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018) In 2017: 3.69 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 WESTWOOD POST residents?
- 74.0% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
- 68.8% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
- 68.8% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
- 23.4% of residents had dementia
Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (December 21, 2017)
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