LIFE CARE:
- caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDYi to residents
- caused ACTUAL HARMi to residents
- has been designated a Special Focus Facilityi
- had unsafe staffing levelsi despite large revenues
LIFE CARE
has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:
Immediate Jeopardy Findingsi
In 12 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that LIFE CARE caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY to residents (from March 17, 2017 to June 29, 2022).
All Surveys: 2017-03-17 2022-06-29
Actual Harm Findingsi
In 12 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that LIFE CARE caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from March 17, 2017 to June 29, 2022).
All Surveys: 2017-03-17 2022-06-29
Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi
LIFE CARE received the worst ratings for the following:
100 months total between September, 2014 and May, 2023
68 months total between April, 2016 and May, 2023
29 months total between May, 2017 and September, 2022
99 months total between January, 2014 and May, 2023
86 months total between January, 2014 and June, 2022
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 LIFE CARE staffed at Unsafe levels?:
290 days
out of 365 days In 2021: 91.8%
335 days
out of 365 days In 2020: 79.2%
290 days
out of 366 days In 2019: 92.3%
337 days
out of 365 days In 2018: 77%
281 days
out of 365 days In 2017: 91.5%
334 days
out of 365 days
per resident per day In 2022: 1.66 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2021: 1.69 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2020: 1.84 hours
January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2019: 1.71 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2018: 1.83 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2017: 1.77 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
per resident per day In 2022: 2.98 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) In 2021: 3.08 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021) In 2020: 3.19 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) In 2019: 2.91 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) In 2018: 3.02 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018) In 2017: 2.98 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 LIFE CARE residents?
- 83.8% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
- 80.0% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
- 62.9% of residents had dementia
- 46.7% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (September 21, 2017)
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