The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited November 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
CHESTELM HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER
MOODUS, CT · Medicare-certified · 76 beds
In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall
CHESTELM HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER (Moodus, CT) has a 5-star overall rating, with 5 stars for health inspections and staffing, and 3 stars for quality measures. It reports 4.30 nursing hours per resident per day, slightly above the federal benchmark of 4.1, with $0 in fines over the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.2979 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: August 13, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.2979.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.91
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.62
- Nurse aides
- 2.77
- Weekend nursing
- 4.06
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 37%
Registered nurse turnover: 27%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
10.6%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
3.8%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
3.6%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
4.7%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
10%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
22.6%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
23.2%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
7.4%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
2.5%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.7%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
28.5%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
5.6%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
98.4%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate dialysis care for a resident who needed it. Cited January 2020 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 698 — 42 CFR §483.25(l) — S/S: E
The home failed to promptly tell the resident, doctor, and family about changes or problems affecting the resident. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 580 — 42 CFR §483.10(g)(14) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited August 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited November 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 68.7 residents on an average day (90% of 76 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 40 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.