The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited November 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
APPLE REHAB AVON
AVON, CT · Medicare-certified · 60 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
APPLE REHAB AVON in Avon, CT has a 3 out of 5 overall rating, with mixed results: health inspections are 3 stars, but staffing and quality measures are both 2 stars. Reported nurse staffing is 3.37 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3735 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: December 5, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3735.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.69
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.57
- Nurse aides
- 2.11
- Weekend nursing
- 3.02
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 57%
Registered nurse turnover: 55%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
25.7%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4.6%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
7.8%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2.9%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
6.1%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
18.4%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
28.1%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
22.6%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.3%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
3%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
19.3%Worsening
Residents with depressive symptoms
35.2%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
95.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
93.1%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
38%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
60.6%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited November 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited February 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: E
The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited February 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure staff provided basic life support, including CPR, before emergency medical personnel arrived. Cited February 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 678 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(3) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 10 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Penalties & enforcement
On record with Medicare: 1 fine · $78,309 in total fines · 1 payment denial.
- 24 days
Medicare/Medicaid payment denial
Feb 27, 2024
- $78,309
Federal fine
Feb 27, 2024
Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of APPLE REHAB · 20 homes · 2.2 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 51.3 residents on an average day (86% of 60 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 32 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.