Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation
With 86 certified beds in SWANSEA, Massachusetts, Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation has been a Medicare and Medicaid provider since 1975-02-01, averaging 71.2 residents a day.
Has Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation been cited for violations?
CMS lists 58 health-inspection deficiencies for Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation since 2023-03-28, 48 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is F; the most recent health inspection was 2025-09-10.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | F0580, F0805, F0842 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2025-06-23 | F0851, F0880 | Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F |
| 2025-06-23 | F0842, F0867, F0887 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. / 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. | E |
| 2025-06-23 | F0550, F0583, F0585, F0655, F0656, F0686, F0689, F0759 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D |
| 2025-04-22 | F0557 | Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. | D |
| 2024-07-01 | F0680, F0812, F0868 | Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly | F |
| 2024-07-01 | F0565, F0583, F0656, F0658, F0679, F0726, F0757, F0758, F0761, F0842, F0880, F0940, F0941, F0942, F0944, F0945, F0946, F0949 | Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. / 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 services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. / Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. / Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. / Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program. / Provide training in compliance and ethics. / Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. | E |
| 2024-07-01 | F0580, F0655, F0661, F0684, F0694, F0695, F0741, F0760, F0943 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. | D |
| 2024-07-01 | F0641 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | B |
| 2023-03-28 | F0886 | Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | F |
| 2023-03-28 | F0658, F0695, F0726, F0759, F0880 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2023-03-28 | F0684, F0757 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | D |
| 2023-03-28 | F0641, F0642 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Ensure a qualified health professional conducts resident assessments. | B |
Why was Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation fined 4 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-01 | Fine | $15,139 |
| 2024-02-20 | Fine | $2,659 |
| 2024-02-12 | Fine | $2,279 |
| 2024-01-22 | Fine | $4,558 |
How is Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation staffed relative to the MA average?
| Measure | This facility | MA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.36139 | 3.86193 |
| Average number of residents per day | 71.2 | 98.5 |
Who owns Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation?
Country Gardens Health and Rehabilitation is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company.
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