Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center
Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center is a 76-bed nursing home in Clarion, Iowa. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1997-09-17. It averages 63.6 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center?
CMS lists 37 health-inspection deficiencies for Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center since 2023-07-20, 20 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is K; the most recent health inspection was 2025-11-25.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | F0760 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | D |
| 2025-08-28 | F0656, F0689, F0760, F0842, F0865, F0868, F0880 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. / Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2025-07-09 | F0686, F0725 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | D |
| 2025-02-11 | F0550 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D |
| 2024-10-17 | F0609, F0610 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | K |
| 2024-10-17 | F0600, F0760 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | J |
| 2024-10-17 | F0812, F0880, F0943 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. | E |
| 2024-10-17 | F0578, F0803 | 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. / Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. | D |
| 2023-07-20 | F0584, F0657 | 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. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | E |
| 2023-07-20 | F0550, F0561, F0567, F0580, F0656, F0658, F0676, F0684, F0689, F0695, F0725, F0740, F0761, F0812, F0880 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / 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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
Why was Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-17 | Fine | $24,174 |
How is Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center staffed relative to the IA average?
| Measure | This facility | IA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 2.83345 | 3.81506 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 44.9 | 44.0 |
| Average number of residents per day | 63.6 | 52.4 |
Who owns Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, and what chain is it in?
Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name CENTRAL AVENUE HEALTHCARE, INC. and belongs to the THE ENSIGN GROUP chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODY | BURNAM, SOON, COZZENS, SPENCER, SMITH, DUSTIN | since 01/08/2020 |
| CORPORATE DIRECTOR | JORGENSEN, DAVID | since 09/09/2024 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BURNAM, SOON, KEETCH, CHAD, KOENIG, DEBRA, SATO, AMI | since 03/01/2011 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | AEROFUND HOLDINGS INC, ELOHIM MEDICAL STAFFING AGENCY INC, HELPING HANDS NURSING SOLUTION INC, ONSHIFT INC, COZZENS, SPENCER, SMITH, DUSTIN | since 01/08/2020 |
| INDIVIDUAL IS AN OWNER, PARTNER OR TRUSTEE OF ANY ADP OF THE SNF | PORT, BARRY | since 08/28/2025 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | CARETRUST GP LLC, CARETRUST REIT INC, CTR PARTNERSHIP LP, ENSIGN SERVICES INC, GAZEBO PARK HEALTH HOLDINGS LLC, THE ENSIGN GROUP INC, COZZENS, SPENCER, SMITH, DUSTIN | since 06/01/2011 |
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