Inspection Reports for Clearwater Springs Assisted Living

The Department of Social and Health Services completed a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to address previously cited deficiencies and enforce compliance, resulting in the imposition of a civil fine.

The licensee failed to provide timely refunds to resident representatives for 13 residents within 30 days after discharge, placing residents at risk for financial exploitation. This was a recurring and uncorrected deficiency previously cited multiple times.

The Department of Social and Health Services issued a Stop Placement Order based on a Statement of Deficiencies dated September 24, 2025.

A Stop Placement Order was imposed on the license of Clearwater Springs Assisted Living effective October 6, 2025, and remains in effect until formally lifted.

The Department of Social and Health Services conducted a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to address ongoing deficiencies, resulting in a stop placement order prohibiting admissions due to failure to comply with fire safety ordinances.

The facility failed to comply with local and state fire ordinances, placing residents, visitors, and staff at risk of injury or harm in the event of a fire. This deficiency was repeated and uncorrected despite previous citations, leading to the issuance of a stop placement order prohibiting admissions effective October 6, 2025.

The Department of Social and Health Services conducted a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies.

The facility failed to comply with local and state fire ordinances, resulting in a recurring deficiency that placed residents, visitors, and staff at risk of injury or harm in the event of a fire. This deficiency was previously cited on June 16, 2025, and April 29, 2025, and remains uncorrected.

The Department of Social and Health Services completed a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to address previously cited deficiencies and to impose a civil fine related to resident rights violations.

The facility failed to provide timely refunds to resident representatives within 30 days after resident discharge for three residents, resulting in a civil fine of $600. This deficiency was previously cited and remains uncorrected.

The Department of Social and Health Services conducted a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to assess compliance with previous deficiencies and to impose a civil fine for uncorrected violations.

The facility failed to comply with local and state fire ordinances, placing 71 residents at risk in the event of a fire. This deficiency was uncorrected from a prior inspection on April 29, 2025, resulting in a civil fine of $1,500.

The Department completed a follow-up inspection of Clearwater Springs Assisted Living Facility on 03/05/2025 to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies.

The follow-up inspection found no deficiencies and confirmed that the facility meets Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements. Previous deficiencies related to intermittent nursing services and nurse delegation were corrected.

The Department of Social and Health Services completed a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to assess compliance with previously cited deficiencies and imposed a civil fine based on violations found during the visit.

The facility failed to ensure that a registered nurse delegated nursing tasks and supervised staff administering insulin injections to two residents, resulting in untrained and unsupervised care staff administering insulin injections, placing residents at risk for harm. This deficiency was uncorrected and recurring from previous citations.

The Department of Social and Health Services completed a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to assess compliance and impose a civil fine based on violations found during the inspection.

The facility failed to ensure that a registered nurse delegated required nursing tasks and supervised staff administering insulin injections to two residents, resulting in an uncorrected and recurring deficiency that placed residents at risk of harm.

The Department of Social and Health Services conducted a follow-up visit to Clearwater Springs Assisted Living to assess correction of previously cited deficiencies.

Multiple uncorrected deficiencies were found, including failures in nursing supervision of insulin administration, staff training documentation, signing of negotiated service agreements, tuberculosis testing, securing chemicals, and fire extinguisher inspections. Civil fines totaling $1,200 were imposed based on these violations.

The inspection was conducted as an unannounced on-site complaint investigation triggered by allegations regarding a resident's death and failure to provide facility intervention.

The investigation found failed provider practices including failure to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a resident who passed away, violating facility policies and procedures. Citations were issued for these deficiencies.

The complaint involved allegations of a resident's death with no facility intervention and failure to follow policy and procedures for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The complaint was substantiated with failed provider practices identified and citations written.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal conducted a re-inspection at the facility to verify correction of previously identified fire safety violations.

The facility was found to have multiple unresolved fire safety violations including failure to provide smoke detector sensitivity testing, failure to provide a 5-year fire department connection hydro test, failure to provide a 4-year fire damper inspection report, failure to repair fire sprinkler system deficiencies, and failure to conduct required fire drills.

The inspection was conducted as a complaint investigation based on complaints numbered 57231 and 57502, including allegations of fraud/false billing and failure to notify the case manager of resident hospitalization in a timely manner.

The investigation found no failed practice regarding fraud/false billing, with the family credited for services not received. However, the facility failed to notify the case manager of hospitalization in a timely manner, which was identified as a failed practice with citation(s) written.

Complaint investigation included allegations of fraud/false billing and failure to notify case manager of hospitalization. The notification failure was substantiated as a failed practice; fraud/false billing was not substantiated.