CENTRO DE CUIDADO PROLONGADO SAN LUCAS — Nursing Home in RIO PIEDRAS, PR

Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies

CENTRO DE CUIDADO PROLONGADO SAN LUCAS had 73 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (October 2, 2024), including 4 classified as severe.

Inspection Findings — October 2, 2024

• Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide immediate access to any resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Level L)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 2, 2024
• Protect a residents' right to refuse some types of non-requested transfers within the nursing home. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Inform each resident of his or her visitation rights and ensure that all visitors enjoy equal visitation privileges. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• 1) Protect residents from being forced to work at the nursing home, or 2) let residents work if they want to. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Assure the security of all personal funds of residents deposited with the facility. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Limit the charges against residents' personal funds for items or services for which payment is made under Medicare or Medicaid. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide information about how to apply for and use Medicare and Medicaid benefits. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Not prohibit or in any way discourage a resident from communicating with federal, state, or local officials. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room). (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide appropriate care/assistance for a resident with a prosthesis. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. (Level L)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Ensure laboratory services, blood blanks and transfusion services provided on-site meet requirements for certified laboratories. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. (Level L)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility. (Level L)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Have a Compliance and Ethics Program. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Keep all essential equipment working safely. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide training in compliance and ethics. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024
• Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 22, 2024

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Data Source

This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.

CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.

CareQED last updated June 22, 2026.

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