Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center
In Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center is a nursing home with 66 certified beds, certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 2006-04-20. It averages 54.8 residents a day.
Has Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center been cited for violations?
CMS lists 28 health-inspection deficiencies for Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center since 2023-05-01, 24 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 2026-03-10.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | E |
| 2026-03-10 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| 2025-05-08 | F0727, F0812, F0940, F0947 | 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | F |
| 2025-05-08 | F0580, F0605, F0655, F0684, F0688, F0757 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | D |
| 2025-01-15 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D |
| 2025-01-15 | F0844 | Follow rules about disclosure of ownership requirements and tell the state agency about changes in ownership and/or administrative personnel. | C |
| 2024-06-18 | F0803, F0812, F0880 | 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. / 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. | F |
| 2024-06-18 | F0582, F0756 | Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | E |
| 2024-06-18 | F0689, F0697, F0758, F0759 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / 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. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D |
| 2024-06-18 | F0607 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | C |
| 2023-05-01 | F0801, F0812, F0882 | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. | F |
| 2023-05-01 | F0690 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D |
How is Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center staffed relative to the NE average?
| Measure | This facility | NE average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.88455 | 3.97992 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 65.8 | 48.7 |
| Average number of residents per day | 54.8 | 55.3 |
Who owns Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center?
Northfield Retirement Communities Care Center is registered with CMS as Non profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name NORTHFIELD RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | BEWLEY, GWENDOLYN, DABNEY, VALERIE, JOHNSON, WILLIAM, RAMIREZ, SHELLEY | since 02/04/2013 |
| CORPORATE DIRECTOR | GARDNER, JANET, HOLCOMB, TODD, JOHNSON, KEN, MILLER, MAX, RUSSEL, CONNIE, SELVEY, MARK, WOHLERS, SHARYN, WURST, FRED | since 05/01/2010 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | WOHLERS, SHARYN | since 05/01/2016 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | NORTHFIELD RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES | since 04/24/1970 |
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