Inspection Reports for
Corcoran House
40 Walnut St., Clinton, MA 01510, Clinton, MA, 01510
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Inspection Report — Oct 3, 2024
Routine
Date: Oct 3, 2024
Visit Reason
Biennial state compliance review of the assisted living residence by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) on October 3, 2024.
Findings
The state cited 5 findings, including 1 repeat finding, which is below the state median of 6. The action taken was a plan of correction required.
Citations (5)
Incident reporting: The Residence filed 8 incident reports greater than 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident during the period reviewed.
Emergency call response: In the months of September 2024 there were 76 e-call response times over the 7 minutes required by the Residence policy. The Residence was not able to provide documentation demonstrating effective monitoring and ensuring reasonable staff response times for December 2022 and August 2023.
Quality assurance program: Documentation of follow-up action for set target date and staff responsible for follow-up was missing for calendar years 2023 and 2024 (repeat finding). One Resident had two pharmacy filled medication bubble packs missing pharmacy labels on medication cassettes.
Resident care plans: Documentation of an assessment confirming that the Resident can independently navigate around the bed rail/U-bar were missing for two Residents for the calendar year 2023 and 2024.
Controlled medication handling: The Residence was inconsistent in documenting a controlled substance count for all Residents prescribed a controlled substance(s) in accordance with the Residence policy for all years reviewed.
Report Facts
Findings: 5
Repeat findings: 1
State median findings: 6
Emergency call responses over limit: 76
Incident reports filed late: 8
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