MONTCARE AT WHEATON
Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 1967-06-13, MONTCARE AT WHEATON is a 94-bed nursing home in WHEATON, Maryland, averaging 89.2 residents a day.
Has MONTCARE AT WHEATON been cited for violations?
CMS lists 58 health-inspection deficiencies for MONTCARE AT WHEATON since 2018-08-17, 35 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 2024-07-11.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-11 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2024-07-11 | F0641, F0655, F0656, F0657, F0711, F0756, F0757, F0842, F0610 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / 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. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. / 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. | E |
| 2024-07-11 | F0550, F0552, F0572, F0578, F0580, F0584, F0623, F0637, F0684, F0689, F0692, F0693, F0712, F0755, F0758, F0759, F0760, F0761, F0791, F0803, F0880, F0625, F0677, F0697, F0809 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. / 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. / 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 a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition / 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. / 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. / Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / 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. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / 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 or obtain dental services for each resident. / 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. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / 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. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times. | D |
| 2019-09-27 | F0657 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | E |
| 2019-09-27 | F0609, F0658, F0677, F0697, F0710 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care. | D |
| 2019-09-27 | F0577 | Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. | C |
| 2018-08-17 | F0658, F0697, F0760 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | E |
| 2018-08-17 | F0580, F0607, F0657, F0679, F0711, F0756, F0880 | 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 policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2018-08-17 | F0555, F0641, F0812, F0814, F0842, F0925 | Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. | B |
How is MONTCARE AT WHEATON staffed relative to the MD average?
| Measure | This facility | MD average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.81727 | 3.87381 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 35.1 | 40.2 |
| Average number of residents per day | 89.2 | 105.7 |
Who owns MONTCARE AT WHEATON?
MONTCARE AT WHEATON is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name WHEATON OPERATOR LLC.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | MD3 OPERATOR HOLDCO LLC | since 09/01/2023 |
| 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | GREEN, DOV, MERMELSTEIN, BORUCH, ZAGER, NACHUM | since 09/01/2023 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | COLBERT, RONNIE | since 09/01/2023 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | ZAGER, NACHUM | since 09/01/2023 |