Deficiency Records for Torrington Center For Nursing and Rehabilitation LLC
Updated as of September 01, 2021
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A list of the most recent deficiencies for Torrington Center For Nursing and Rehabilitation LLC. The list is based on the information provided by CMS from both standard inspections and from complaints filed by residents.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Health | 2021-04-20 | 2021-05-18 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2021-04-20 | 2021-05-18 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2021-04-20 | 2021-05-18 | Y |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2021-04-20 | 2021-05-18 | Y |
| Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. | Health | 2021-04-20 | 2021-05-18 | Y |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2020-09-16 | 2020-10-20 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2020-09-16 | 2020-10-05 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2020-08-03 | 2020-08-20 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2020-07-01 | 2020-08-10 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2020-07-01 | 2020-08-10 | N |
| Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | Health | 2020-03-12 | 2020-08-10 | Y |
| Employ staff that are licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with state laws. | Health | 2020-03-12 | 2020-08-10 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2020-03-12 | 2020-08-10 | Y |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2020-03-12 | 2020-07-17 | Y |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2020-03-12 | 2020-07-17 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2020-07-01 | 2020-07-03 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2020-05-13 | 2020-05-29 | N |
| Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident?s advance directives. | Health | 2020-03-12 | 2020-03-12 | Y |
| Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating. | Fire Safety | 2019-09-17 | 2019-12-10 | N |
| Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | Health | 2019-10-28 | 2019-11-17 | Y |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Encode each resident?s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-10-31 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | Health | 2019-09-30 | 2019-10-31 | Y |
| Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Health | 2019-09-30 | 2019-10-31 | Y |
| Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Health | 2019-09-30 | 2019-10-31 | Y |
| Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. | Health | 2019-09-30 | 2019-10-31 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2019-09-30 | 2019-10-31 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2019-09-19 | 2019-09-19 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2019-05-14 | 2019-05-29 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2019-05-14 | 2019-05-29 | Y |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2019-05-14 | 2019-05-29 | Y |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | Health | 2019-05-14 | 2019-05-29 | Y |
| Establish an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP). | Fire Safety | 2018-07-16 | 2018-10-12 | N |
| Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. | Fire Safety | 2018-07-16 | 2018-09-13 | N |
| Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. | Fire Safety | 2018-07-16 | 2018-09-13 | N |
| Provide a written emergency evacuation plan. | Fire Safety | 2018-07-16 | 2018-09-13 | N |
| Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | Health | 2018-07-20 | 2018-08-31 | N |
| Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-31 | N |
| Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-31 | N |
| Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-31 | N |
| Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-31 | N |
| Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-01 | N |
| Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-01 | N |
| Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-01 | N |
| Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-01 | N |
| Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-01 | N |
| Meet other general requirements that are deficient. | Fire Safety | 2017-08-01 | 2017-10-01 | N |
| Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Provide housekeeping and maintenance services. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident . | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Ensure that residents receive proper treatment and assistive devices to maintain their vision and hearing. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
| Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards. | Health | 2017-08-03 | 2017-09-10 | N |
