West Side House Ltc Facility
For profit - Corporation · 35 Fruit Street, Worcester, MA 01609 · See home’s Medicare page
Affiliated With Elder Services
People or companies with an ownership interest in or managerial control of this home, according to CMS data.
3.97
Nurse hours/resident/day
Reported total nurse staffing hours per resident per day.
State Average: 3.8
56.5%
Nurse turnover
The percentage of nursing staff who stopped working at the home over a 12-month period.
State Average: 47.7%
91
Certified beds
Qualifying beds in the certified provider or supplier facility.
48
Average residents/day
Average number of residents based on daily census.
Direct owners are the layer of ownership closest to the nursing home while indirect owners have a stake in the nursing home but are further removed, like a company that owns the direct owner of a home. All owners listed below are people or companies who have at least a 5% stake in the nursing home. Entities with “managerial control” are those who conduct the day-to-day operations of the nursing home.
Direct owners
Essex Group Incorporated (100%)
Indirect owners
Frank Romano (44%)
Brandon Romano (12%)
James Romano (12%)
Katelyn Romano (12%)
Kyle Romano (12%)
Philip Doyle (9%)
Brandon Romano (12%)
James Romano (12%)
Katelyn Romano (12%)
Kyle Romano (12%)
Philip Doyle (9%)
Managerial control
No information available
Managing employee(s)
Frank Romano since Jan, 1978
James Romano since Aug, 2010
James Romano since Aug, 2010
Inspection Reports
31
total deficiencies
2
infection-related deficiencies
This home violated federal standards protecting residents from the spread of infections.
Inspection reports document deficiencies, which are nursing homes’ failures to meet care requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three standard inspection reports, as well as the last 36 months of complaint and infection-control reports.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiency — F0812
Failure to:
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Pharmacy Service Deficiency — F0759
Failure to:
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Infection Control Deficiency — F0883
Failure to:
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Pharmacy Service Deficiency — F0761
Failure to:
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
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0842
Failure to:
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0637
Failure to:
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0679
Failure to:
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Pharmacy Service Deficiency — F0756
Failure to:
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiency — F0727
Failure to:
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiency — F0812
Failure to:
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Infection Control Deficiency — F0880
Failure to:
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Environmental Deficiency — F0909
Failure to:
Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiency — F0604
Failure to:
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0637
Failure to:
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0641
Failure to:
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0656
Failure to:
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0657
Failure to:
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0658
Failure to:
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0842
Failure to:
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Environmental Deficiency — F0919
Failure to:
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0620
Failure to:
Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiency — F0732
Failure to:
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0582
Failure to:
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0623
Failure to:
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiency — F0801
Failure to:
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiency — F0812
Failure to:
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0656
Failure to:
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0679
Failure to:
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0695
Failure to:
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0698
Failure to:
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Environmental Deficiency — F0919
Failure to:
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Penalties
$24.6K
total fines
A nursing home receives a penalty, either a fine or payment suspensions, when it has a serious health citation or fails to fix a citation. Fines may be imposed once per citation or regularly until the nursing home corrects the citation. Fines not associated with inspection reports can include fines for not reporting COVID-19 data or not complying with infection-control requirements. Payment suspensions are when the government stops payments to the nursing home until an issue is fixed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three years of penalty information.