Catholic Memorial Home
Catholic Memorial Home is a 300-bed nursing home in FALL RIVER, Massachusetts. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1990-07-01. It averages 208.5 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at Catholic Memorial Home?
CMS lists 42 health-inspection deficiencies for Catholic Memorial Home since 2022-06-29, 18 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is H; the most recent health inspection was 2025-10-14.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-14 | F0656, F0689 | 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. | G |
| 2025-04-17 | F0550, F0880 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2025-04-17 | F0583, F0656, F0761, F0810, F0812, F0842 | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / 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. / Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2024-03-26 | F0600, F0607, F0610 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | H |
| 2024-03-26 | F0609, F0740, F0761 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / 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. | E |
| 2024-03-26 | F0658, F0686 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | D |
| 2022-06-29 | 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. | F |
| 2022-06-29 | F0758, F0908 | 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. / Keep all essential equipment working safely. | E |
| 2022-06-29 | F0554, F0583, F0604, F0607, F0609, F0610, F0620, F0656, F0657, F0658, F0685, F0686, F0695, F0697, F0742, F0744, F0756, F0757, F0849, F0880, F0881 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. / 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. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / 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. / 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. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder. / Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D |
Why was Catholic Memorial Home fined 2 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-14 | Fine | $10,358 |
| 2024-03-26 | Fine | $84,061 |
How is Catholic Memorial Home staffed?
| Measure | This facility | MA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 4.28186 | 3.86193 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 29.6 | 38.2 |
| Average number of residents per day | 208.5 | 98.5 |
Who owns Catholic Memorial Home, and what chain is it in?
Catholic Memorial Home is registered with CMS as Non profit - Church related, operates under the legal business name CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME and belongs to the DIOCESAN HEALTH FACILITIES chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE | JONCAS, CHRISTOPHER | since 01/01/2024 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | CADIME, LISA | since 05/17/2018 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | DA CUNHA, EDGAR | since 09/24/2014 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | MITCHELL, LAURA, ROQUE, JOANNE | since 02/01/2020 |
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