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(06/09) Maryland sanctioned assisted living facility with directed plan of correction, admission ban, and $10,000 fine

Maryland regulations require that a full-time delegating nurse assess each assisted living resident every 45 days.  A routine survey at Summerville at Potomac (part of Emeritus Assisted Living) in December 2008 found that the facility had not had such a nurse since August 2008.  Residents had pressure sores and facility staff did not properly monitor residents at risk of falling.  The state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene imposed a directed plan of correction, a ban on admissions, and a $10,000 fine.  The plan of correction was lifted in May 2009.  The facility now has two delegating nurses and a medical director.  Erin Donaghue, “Restrictions lifted on assisted living facility; Summerville at Potomac no longer under ‘directed plan of correction,’” Gazette (June 24, 2009).



http://www.gazette.net/stories/06242009/potonew210100_32529.shtml

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