Agawam East Rehab And Nursing
AGAWAM EAST REHAB AND NURSING in AGAWAM, MA — inspection on November 25, 2025.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
Resident #1's EHR and said there was no documentation in the EHR to support that a discharge meeting was conducted for him/her.
During an interview on 11/25/25 at 4:45 P.M. with the Administrator and the Director of Nursing (DON), the DON said that Resident #1 was admitted to the Facility for short-term rehabilitation with a plan to discharge to his/her home.
The DON said discharge care plans should be developed with the IDT, residents and/or their representatives and discharge meetings should be conducted prior to a resident discharging home.
The DON said there was no documentation in his/her EHR to support that a discharge care plan was developed for Resident #1 with the input of Family Member #1, or that a discharge meeting was conducted with the IDT and Family Member #1.The Administrator said the DSS did not document any referrals she made to Home Care Agencies or responses from those agencies and said there was no documentation in Resident #1's EHR to support the DSS sent pertinent discharge information to any Home Care Agencies to facilitate Resident #1's discharge home.
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Agawam East Rehab and Nursing
464 Main Street Agawam, MA 01001
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
During an interview on 11/25/25 at 4:45 P.M., with the Administrator and the Director of Nursing (DON), the DON said the DSS should be sending copies of discharge and transfer notices to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman office and that the DSS keeps all of the letters on file in a binder in the Social Services office.The DON retrieved and reviewed the binder with the surveyor and said there was a copy of a transfer notice for Resident #3 when he/she was transferred to the hospital but there was no documentation to support that the DSS had sent a copy of the notice to the Ombudsman.
The DON said the DSS did not send discharge notices to the Ombudsman for Resident #1, Resident #2, and Resident #3.
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