Inspection Reports for
Adelaide of Newton Centre

157 Herrick Rd, Newton, MA 02459, United States, MA, 02459

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1 Report

2025

Inspection Report — Nov 6, 2025

Routine
Date: Nov 6, 2025

Visit Reason
Biennial state compliance review of the assisted living residence by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) on November 6, 2025.

Findings
The state cited 7 findings, 6 of which were repeats from the previous review, above the state median of 6. The action taken was a plan of correction required.

Citations (7)
Emergency call response: During the months of August 2024 and October 2025, there were 42 e-call response times over the 10-minute limit (repeat finding).
Resident care plans: Two records were missing documentation of individualized enrichment activities provided to the Residents in the SCR (repeat finding).
Quality assurance program: Documentation of the date the audit was completed was missing for the 2023 and 2024 calendar years, and multiple medication administration and storage issues were observed (repeat finding).
Emergency drills · Incident reporting: Documentation of a third shift elopement drill was missing for 2024 and a third shift fire drill was missing for 2023; the Residence filed 17 incident reports greater than 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident or accident (repeat finding).
Controlled medication handling: Documentation of CS count procedure by staff was inconsistent, with improper documentation of count errors and declination of CS medications not recorded at administration (repeat finding).
Resident records: Both SCR Correspondence Logs did not consistently document all significant or pertinent information (repeat finding).
Staff training: Documentation confirming the completion of biannual skills evaluations was missing from three Personal Care staff records for 2024 and 2025 (repeat finding).
Report Facts
Findings: 7 Repeat findings: 6 State median findings: 6 Emergency call responses over 10-minute limit: 42 Incident reports filed late: 17

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