LANESSA EXTENDED CARE

CCN 225395 · LANESSA MA SNF LLC · For profit - Partnership · ATHENA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS chain · 96 certified beds · Worcester · MA


LANESSA EXTENDED CARE is a 96-bed nursing home in WEBSTER, Massachusetts. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1990-07-01. It averages 85.6 residents a day.

What harm was found in the violations cited at LANESSA EXTENDED CARE?

CMS lists 71 health-inspection deficiencies for LANESSA EXTENDED CARE since 2022-09-07, 47 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 2026-01-21.

Survey dateTagDeficiencySeverity
2026-01-21F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2025-06-10F0656, F0684Develop 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.D
2025-02-03F0755, F0925Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.F
2025-02-03F0641, F0760, F0805, F0812Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.E
2025-02-03F0551, F0554, F0565, F0578, F0582, F0584, F0658, F0689, F0690, F0725, F0726, F0740, F0758, F0842, F0880Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights. / Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. / 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. / Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. / 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 services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / 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 must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / 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. / 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.D
2025-02-03F0732Post nurse staffing information every day.C
2025-02-03F0636Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.B
2024-04-03F0603, F0607, F0609, F0689, F0725Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room). / 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. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.D
2023-11-08F0693Ensure 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.G
2023-11-08F0725, F0726Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / 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.F
2023-11-08F0690, F0880Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2023-11-08F0580, F0656, F0730, F0756, F0758, F0759, F0842, F0868, F0883Immediately 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. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / 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 medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.D
2023-11-08F0641Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.B
2023-09-14F0727Have 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.D
2022-09-07F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.H
2022-09-07F0657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.G
2022-09-07F0725, F0880Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.F
2022-09-07F0584, F0656, F0658, F0675, F0687, F0694, F0711, F0712, F0727, F0760, F0842, F0868, F0943Honor 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 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. / Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. / Provide appropriate foot care. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. / Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. / 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 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 the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly / Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.E
2022-09-07F0552, F0580, F0585, F0645, F0695, F0697, F0758Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / 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. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / 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.D

Why was LANESSA EXTENDED CARE fined?

DateTypeAmount
2023-11-08Fine$119,962

How is LANESSA EXTENDED CARE staffed relative to the MA average?

MeasureThis facilityMA average
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day3.064483.86193
Total nursing staff turnover (%)25.038.2
Average number of residents per day85.698.5

Who owns LANESSA EXTENDED CARE, and what chain is it in?

LANESSA EXTENDED CARE is registered with CMS as For profit - Partnership, operates under the legal business name LANESSA MA SNF LLC and belongs to the ATHENA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS chain.

RoleOwnerAssociation date
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTATHENA HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS MA III LLCsince 06/01/2014
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTCHAKALOS-SANTILLI, VALERIE, CURTIS, DIANE, MOSIER, MICHAEL, SANTILLI, LAWRENCEsince 06/01/2014
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEEMOSIER, MICHAELsince 06/01/2014
CORPORATE OFFICERSANTILLI, LAWRENCEsince 10/03/2019
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLATHENA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATES, INC.since 06/01/2014

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