LEA HILL REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER
LEA HILL REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER is a 36-bed nursing home in AUBURN, Washington. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 2016-10-24. It averages 33.5 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at LEA HILL REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER?
CMS lists 40 health-inspection deficiencies for LEA HILL REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER since 2023-04-03, 30 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is G; the most recent health inspection was 2026-06-04.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | F0607 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | D |
| 2025-09-19 | F0676, F0812 | Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| 2025-09-19 | F0583, F0605, F0628, F0641, F0645, F0656, F0658, F0677, F0684, F0693, F0761, F0880 | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. / Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / 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 care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / 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 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 and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2024-07-02 | F0623, F0812 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2024-07-02 | F0658, F0880 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2024-07-02 | F0578, F0610, F0645, F0657, F0685, F0689, F0690, F0693, F0695, F0757, F0758 | 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. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / 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. / 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. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / 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. | D |
| 2023-04-03 | F0686 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | G |
| 2023-04-03 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2023-04-03 | F0610, F0726, F0880 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / 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. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2023-04-03 | F0552, F0578, F0684, F0758, F0759 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / 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. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / 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 |
How is LEA HILL REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER staffed?
| Measure | This facility | WA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 4.84833 | 4.36934 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 48.9 | 45.1 |
| Average number of residents per day | 33.5 | 76.0 |
Who owns LEA HILL REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER?
LEA HILL REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER is registered with CMS as Non profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name WESLEY HOMES LEA HILL LLC.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | WESLEY HOMES | since 09/27/2004 |
| CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE | ANDERSON, KEVIN | since 04/01/1999 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | ANDERSON, KEVIN, YAMAMOTO, JAMES | since 01/01/2020 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | WESLEY HOMES | since 04/18/2016 |
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