SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER
SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER is a 120-bed nursing home in HINTON, West Virginia. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1999-03-23. It averages 115.2 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER?
CMS lists 62 health-inspection deficiencies for SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER since 2022-04-13, 55 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is L; the most recent health inspection was 2025-08-20.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | F0807 | Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration. | J |
| 2025-08-20 | F0684, F0697 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | H |
| 2025-08-20 | F0550, F0584, F0756, F0803, F0804, F0809, F0812, F0842, F0880, F0883, F0925, F0947 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / 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 a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / 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. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / 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 and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. / Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | E |
| 2025-08-20 | F0552, F0578, F0610, F0644, F0656, F0657, F0689, F0691, F0761, F0770, F0805, F0806 | 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. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. / 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 that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. / 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 timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. | D |
| 2023-10-26 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | L |
| 2023-10-26 | F0558, F0677, F0679, F0726, F0812, F0881, F0908, F0925 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Keep all essential equipment working safely. / Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. | E |
| 2023-10-26 | F0550, F0561, F0582, F0584, F0640, F0675, F0684, F0689, F0690, F0691, F0695, F0810, F0842 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / 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. / Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. / Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. / 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 appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2023-08-31 | F0761, F0925 | 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. / Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. | E |
| 2023-08-31 | F0641, F0656, F0690, F0698 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / 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 safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | D |
| 2022-04-13 | F0577 | Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. | E |
| 2022-04-13 | F0550, F0657, F0690, F0698, F0804, F0849 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / 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 safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. | D |
Why was SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER fined 2 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | Fine | $144,018 |
| 2023-10-26 | Fine | $35,277 |
How is SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER staffed relative to the WV average?
| Measure | This facility | WV average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.07162 | 3.66055 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 43.5 | 44.1 |
| Average number of residents per day | 115.2 | 78.4 |
Who owns SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER, and what chain is it in?
SUMMERS HEALTHCARE CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name JOHN COOK LEASING CO LLC and belongs to the COMMUNICARE HEALTH chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | ZENITH HOLDINGS OP CO., LLC | since 04/14/2023 |
| INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | RONALD S WILHEIM 2012 SPOUSAL TRUST, RRW, LLC | since 04/14/2023 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | ROMEO, DOMINIC, STOLTZ, CHARLES, WILHEIM, RONALD | since 04/14/2023 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | JOHN COOK MGT CO., LLC, GROVES, DONNA, GWINN, SKY, ROMEO, DOMINIC, WEIKLE, RACHEL | since 04/14/2023 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | JOHN COOK MGT CO., LLC, RONALD S WILHEIM 2012 SPOUSAL TRUST, RRW, LLC, GWINN, SKY, WEIKLE, RACHEL | since 04/14/2023 |
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