Westerly Health Center

Certification

Medicare-certified.

Ratings

Inspection history (21)

Records from March 2023 to April 2025.

• April 23, 2025

  Tag F0658

  Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 12, 2025.

• April 23, 2025

  Tag F0842

  Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 12, 2025.

• April 23, 2025

  Tag F0692

  Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

  Severity G: isolated, actual harm. Corrected May 12, 2025.

• April 23, 2025

  Tag F0880

  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 12, 2025.

• November 27, 2024

  Tag F0661

  Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected December 13, 2024.

• September 3, 2024

  Tag F0609

  Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected September 13, 2024.

• May 9, 2024

  Tag F0761

  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.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 31, 2024.

• May 9, 2024

  Tag F0695

  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 31, 2024.

• May 9, 2024

  Tag F0760

  Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 31, 2024.

• May 9, 2024

  Tag F0880

  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected May 31, 2024.

• August 30, 2023

  Tag F0578

  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.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected September 14, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0578

  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.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0758

  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 l….

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0725

  Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0810

  Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0744

  Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0865

  Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0676

  Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0921

  Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

• March 30, 2023

  Tag F0756

  Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

  Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 27, 2023.

Penalties (1)

Total fines: $8,278

• April 23, 2025 · Fine

  CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $8,278 against this nursing home on April 23, 2025.

Staffing

2.98 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, down from 3.14 in Q4 2025.

From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.

Ownership

For profit