ELEVATE CARE:
- caused ACTUAL HARMi to residents
- had unsafe staffing levelsi
ELEVATE CARE
has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:
Actual Harm Findingsi
On December 27, 2022, state nursing home surveyors found that ELEVATE CARE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents.
All Recent Surveys: 2022-12-27
In 8 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that ELEVATE CARE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from December 24, 2012 to December 27, 2022).
All Surveys: 2012-12-24 2017-11-29 2018-03-08 2019-09-26 2019-12-19 2020-03-03 2022-12-27
Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi
ELEVATE CARE received the worst ratings for the following:
40 months total between January, 2014 and October, 2020
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?:
365 days
out of 365 days In 2021: 100%
365 days
out of 365 days In 2020: 99.6%
274 days
out of 275 days In 2019: 100%
365 days
out of 365 days In 2018: 100%
365 days
out of 365 days In 2017: 100%
184 days
out of 184 days
per resident per day In 2022: 1.35 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2021: 1.33 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2020: 1.48 hours
April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2019: 1.46 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2018: 1.51 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2017: 1.63 hours
July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
per resident per day In 2022: 2.74 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) In 2021: 2.81 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021) In 2020: 2.97 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) In 2019: 2.89 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) In 2018: 2.93 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018) In 2017: 2.92 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(July 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?
- 77.8% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
- 73.7% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
- 65.2% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
- 38.9% of residents had dementia
Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (December 18, 2017)
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