Elm Wood Center At Claremont
ELM WOOD CENTER AT CLAREMONT in CLAREMONT, NH — inspection on September 11, 2025.
Found 1 citation. 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
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to protect that residents' right to be free from emotional abuse and exploitation by staff for 3 of 6 residents reviewed for abuse. (Resident identifiers are Resident #1, #2 and #3.)Findings include: Review on 9/11/25 of the facility reported incident and investigation for Resident #1 revealed that Staff I (Licensed Nurse Aide (LNA)) was video recorded by Staff J (LNA) laying in Resident #1's bed next to them talking about cuddling and mocking the resident.
Both Staff I and Staff J were giggling.
This video was sent via social media to the daughter of Staff G (Registered Nurse) on 4/23/25.
Staff G was shown the videos on 8/25/25 and reported it immediately to Staff A (Administrator) and Staff B (Director of Nursing).Review on 9/11/25 of Resident #1's care plan, initiated 8/26/25, revealed interventions due to the resident being a victim abuse related to a social media posting.
Review on 9/11/25 of the facility reported incidents and investigation for Resident #2 revealed that Staff I video recorded themselves sitting on the edge of Resident #2's bed mocking the resident saying you do not even know who I am and giggling.
This video was sent via social media to the daughter of Staff G (Registered Nurse) on4/22/25.
Staff G was shown the videos on 8/25/25 and reported it immediately to Staff A (Administrator) and Staff B (Director of Nursing).Review on 9/11/25 of Resident #2's care plan, initiated 8/26/25, revealed interventions due to the resident being a victim abuse related to a social media posting.
Review on 9/11/25 of the facility reported incidents and investigation for Resident #3 revealed that Staff I video recorded themselves standing next to Resident #3's bed mocking Resident #3 saying no, no while Resident #3 was talking to Staff I using nonsensical words.
This video was sent via social media to the daughter of Staff G (Registered Nurse) on 3/26/25.
Staff G was shown the videos on 8/25/25 and reported it immediately to Staff A (Administrator) and Staff B (Director of Nursing) Review on 9/11/25 of Resident #3's care plan, initiated 8/26/25, revealed interventions due to the resident being a victim abuse related to a social media posting.
Review on 9/11/25 of the facility's Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Meeting minutes, dated 8/26/25, revealed a plan to conduct interviews with all staff and residents (completed 8/26/25), to re-educate staff on the privacy and social media policy (Completed 8/28/25), and to perform continued auditing for compliance.
Interview on 9/11/25 with Staff C (Social Services) revealed Staff C interviewed the above 3 residents and they did not recall the incidents.
Staff C revealed the 3 residents were referred to telepsychology services to verify there was no psychosocial harm.
Review of the Telepsychology visits for Resident #1, #2 and #3 revealed no identified trauma and there were no recommendations for any of the residents.
Review on 9/11/25 of Staff I's and Staff J 's employee record revealed that disciplinary action (termination) was taken for the above incidents.
Interview on 9/11/25 at approximately 11:00 a.m. with Staff A and Staff B confirmed the above findings.
Interview with Staff A and B revealed that Staff I and Staff J were reported to the Board of Nursing and the local police for the above incidents.
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