Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
LINDEN GROVE HEALTH CARE CENTER
Does LINDEN GROVE HEALTH CARE CENTER have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), LINDEN GROVE HEALTH CARE CENTER (CCN 505485), in PUYALLUP, WA, has federal inspection findings on its record. In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 35 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity J on CMS's A–L scale, a level CMS classifies as Immediate Jeopardy. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2026-01-14. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $202,129 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Strict time limits can apply to claims like these — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly.
The Federal Record
At its most recent federal inspection, CMS cited this facility for an Immediate Jeopardy deficiency.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with federal regulators (CMS). Strict time limits can apply to claims like these — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Civil money penalties on file
$202,129
CMS has $202,129 in civil money penalties on file against this facility.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 3.3
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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 limited.
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.
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