Caleb Hitchcock: Infection Control Gaps - CT
The deficiency was classified at **Scope/Severity Level F**, meaning the problem was **widespread** throughout the facility....
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The deficiency was classified at **Scope/Severity Level F**, meaning the problem was **widespread** throughout the facility....
CMS announced in August 2025 that it was cutting off Medicare and Medicaid funding to the facility at 1948 Landstown Centre Way, citing the center's inability to meet basic federal health and safety standards, according to reporting by 13News Now....
Federal inspectors observed the violations on December 18 during the facility's dinner preparation....
The facility has not submitted a plan of correction to regulators....
The deficiency was classified at **Scope/Severity Level D**, meaning the issue was isolated in nature and did not result in documented actual harm....
The problems affected rooms housing some of the facility's 54 residents....
The facility has not submitted a plan of correction....
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights....
The facility has not submitted a plan of correction....
The facility has not submitted a correction plan for the room size violation....
That classification is significant....
Linda Buttrick, who shared an adjacent apartment with Robert Fuller Jr....
Among the findings: the facility failed to ensure residents received care in a safe, clean, and comfortable environment....
Inspectors classified the deficiency at **Scope/Severity Level E**, indicating a **pattern of noncompliance** rather than an isolated incident....
Inspectors determined the deficiency was **widespread** across the facility, meaning it affected multiple areas rather than an isolated location....
The settlement requires facility owners Efraim Steif and Uri Koenig to direct $10 million into a Resident Care Fund and pay $2 million in Medicaid restitution, according to the attorney general's office....
During the December 30 inspection, state surveyors found residents with stroke, Parkinson's disease, and dementia whose fingernails had grown long and jagged....
When a nursing home fails to follow treatment orders, the consequences can range from discomfort and delayed recovery to serious medical complications....
When a facility fails to meet this standard, it means documented care plans and medical orders are not being carried out as directed....
The standard requires that each plan include specific timetables and measurable actions addressing all of a resident's identified needs....