ELEVATE CARE:
- caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDYi to residents
- caused ACTUAL HARMi to residents
- has received the worst ratingsi
- had unsafe staffing levelsi despite large revenues
ELEVATE CARE
has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:
Immediate Jeopardy Findingsi
On July 12, 2024, state nursing home surveyors found that ELEVATE CARE caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY to residents.
All Recent Surveys: 2024-07-12
Actual Harm Findingsi
On April 10, 2024 and July 12, 2024, state nursing home surveyors found that ELEVATE CARE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents.
All Recent Surveys: 2024-04-10 2024-07-12
In 22 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that ELEVATE CARE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from March 31, 2010 to July 12, 2024).
All Surveys: 2015-03-18 2016-03-16 2012-04-10 2010-10-14 2010-03-31 2019-01-25 2020-11-12 2019-11-13 2021-11-05 2022-03-29 2022-11-17 2022-12-28 2023-01-03 2022-01-27 2021-08-06 2023-03-27 2023-09-05 2024-04-10 2024-07-12
Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi
ELEVATE CARE received the worst ratings for the following:
For the last 32 consecutive months - March, 2022 to January, 2025
53 months total between April, 2018 and January, 2025
For the last 22 consecutive months - February, 2023 to January, 2025
37 months total between June, 2016 and January, 2025
44 months total between April, 2018 and November, 2024
20 months total between April, 2018 and June, 2021
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 ELEVATE CARE staffed at Unsafe levels?:
139 days
out of 182 days In 2023: 72.1%
263 days
out of 365 days In 2022: 69%
252 days
out of 365 days In 2021: 88.3%
241 days
out of 273 days In 2020: 80.7%
222 days
out of 275 days In 2019: 94%
343 days
out of 365 days In 2018: 57.5%
210 days
out of 365 days In 2017: 51.8%
189 days
out of 365 days
per resident per day In 2024: 1.91 hours
January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2023: 1.91 hours
January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2022: 1.92 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2021: 1.74 hours
January 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2020: 1.82 hours
April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2019: 1.70 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2018: 1.95 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2017: 1.96 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
per resident per day In 2024: 3.34 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024) In 2023: 3.33 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023) In 2022: 3.30 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) In 2021: 3.14 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021) In 2020: 3.18 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) In 2019: 3.08 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) In 2018: 3.54 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018) In 2017: 3.48 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 ELEVATE CARE residents?
- 100.0% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
- 99.1% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
- 98.2% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
- 27.4% of residents had dementia
Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (August 25, 2017)
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