10/04/2024 | Press release | Archived content
We identified 236 deficiencies related to life safety, emergency preparedness, or infection control at the 20 nursing homes in Massachusetts that we reviewed.
These deficiencies put the health and safety of residents, staff, and visitors at an increased risk of injury or death during a fire or other emergency, or in the event of an infectious disease outbreak.
We made four recommendations to Massachusetts to improve the health and safety of residents, staff, and visitors at nursing homes, including that it follow up with the 20 nursing homes where we identified deficiencies to ensure that they have taken corrective actions. We also recommended that Massachusetts work with CMS to identify nursing homes requiring frequent inspections. The full recommendations are in the report.
In written comments on our draft report, Massachusetts concurred with our recommendations and described the actions that it had taken or planned to take to address them.
This report may be subject to section 5274 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2023, 117 Pub. L. 263.