Fifty-four nursing homes Located 35 states including Florida are being told by the government that they’re among the worst in their states in an effort to get them to improve patient care.
The homes in question are among more than 120 designated as a “special focus facility.” CMS began using the designation about a decade ago to identify homes that merit more oversight. For these homes, states conduct inspections at six month intervals rather than annually.
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* Alabama Eastview Health Care Center, in Birmingham Woodley Manor Health & Rehabilitation, Montgomery * Arkansas Benson’s Nursing Home Inc., Nashville * California Yuba City Care Center, Yuba City * Colorado Eagle Ridge at Grand Valley, Grand Junction Kindred Healthcare & Rehab Center of Northglenn, Northglenn * Connecticut Wethersfield Health Care Center, Wethersfield * Florida Apollo Health & Rehab Center, St. Petersburg Key West Convalescent Center, in Key West Palms Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Lauderdale Lakes * Georgia Laurel Baye Healthcare of Lake Lanier, Buford The Place at Augusta, Augusta Shoreham at Marietta, Marietta * Hawaii Leahi Hospital, Honolulu * Iowa Blair House, Burlington * Idaho Gooding Rehab & Living Center, Gooding * Illinois Berkshire Nursing & Rehab Center, Forest Park * Indiana Hillcrest Centre for Health and Rehabilitation, Jeffersonville Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation Center, Valparaiso * Kansas Atchison Senior Village, Atchison Ottawa Retirement Village, Ottawa * Louisiana Lake Providence Subacute Rehab, Lake Providence Plaquemine Caring LLC, Plaquemine * Massachusetts Cedar Hill Health Care Center, Randolph Milton Health Care, Milton * Minnesota Golden Valley Rehabilitation and Care Center, Golden Valley Mcintosh Manor, Mcintosh.
* Missouri Senior Estates, Kansas City St Elizabeth Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Florissant West Village Manor, Columbia * Mississippi Hinds County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Jackson * Montana Evergreen Missoula Health & Rehab, Missoula * North Carolina Sunbridge Care & Rehab/Triad, in High Point * New Jersey Victoria Health Care Center, Matawan * New Mexico Fort Bayard Medical Center, Fort Bayard * Nevada Evergreen Mountainview Health, Carson City * New York Vivian Teal Howard Rhcf, Syracuse * Oklahoma Northwest Nursing Center, Oklahoma City Pawhuska Nursing Home, Pawhuska * Pennsylvania Ashton Hall Nursing and Rehab, Philadelphia Brighten at Broomall, Broomall * South Carolina Magnolia Manor – Moncks Corner, Moncks Corner Ridgeview Manor Nursing Facility, in Hopkins * South Dakota Aberdeen Healthcare Center, in Aberdeen Bennett County Hospital and Nursing Home, Martin * Tennessee Overton Park Health Care Center, Memphis * Texas Taylor Care Center, Taylor * Virginia Ruxton Health of Woodbridge, Woodbridge * Washington Evergreen Centralia Health & R, Centralia Franklin Hills Health & Rehab, Spokane Frontier Rehab & Extended Care, Longview * Wisconsin Luther Home, Marinette Willows Nursing and Rehabilitation, Sun Prairie * Washington, D.C.
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