SPALDING POST:
- caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDYi to residents
- caused ACTUAL HARMi to residents
- has been designated a Special Focus Facilityi
- has received the worst ratingsi
- had unsafe staffing levelsi despite large revenues
SPALDING POST
has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:
Immediate Jeopardy Findingsi
In 11 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that SPALDING POST caused IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY to residents (from November 10, 2020 to February 10, 2022).
All Surveys: 2022-02-10 2022-02-10 2020-11-10
Actual Harm Findingsi
In 12 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that SPALDING POST caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from November 10, 2020 to February 10, 2022).
All Surveys: 2022-02-10 2022-02-10 2020-11-10
Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi
SPALDING POST received the worst ratings for the following:
For the last 46 consecutive months - April, 2019 to July, 2023
71 months total between October, 2015 and July, 2023
For the last 45 consecutive months - May, 2019 to July, 2023
45 months total between May, 2019 and July, 2023
For the last 4 consecutive months - April, 2023 to July, 2023
96 months total between January, 2014 and July, 2023
72 months total between July, 2015 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."
What is inadequate CNA staffing?
Below 2.8 hours of CNA time for each resident per day
"Residents need a minimum of 2.80 hours of CNA care per day for safety and basic services.
- Institute of Medicine’s Keeping Patients Safe, 2004, and American Nurses Association’s Position Statement dated November 12, 2014
Was SPALDING POST staffed at Unsafe levels?:
136 days
out of 275 days In 2021: 86.3%
315 days
out of 365 days In 2020: 65.5%
180 days
out of 275 days In 2019: 55.3%
202 days
out of 365 days In 2018: 72.6%
265 days
out of 365 days In 2017: 96.7%
353 days
out of 365 days
per resident per day In 2022: 2.04 hours
April 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2021: 1.65 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2020: 1.88 hours
April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2019: 1.95 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2018: 1.81 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe) In 2017: 1.70 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
per resident per day In 2022: 3.40 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) In 2021: 2.83 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021) In 2020: 3.24 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) In 2019: 3.23 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019) In 2018: 3.22 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018) In 2017: 2.90 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 SPALDING POST residents?
- 86.3% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
- 85.5% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
- 47.9% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
- 41.9% of residents had dementia
Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (January 25, 2018)
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