Nursing home report
Waimea, HI · Medicare-certified · 53 beds
Kauai Care Center in Waimea, HI has an overall 3-star rating, with 3 stars for health inspections and 4 stars each for staffing and quality measures. It reports 4.25 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, slightly above the federal benchmark of 4.1, with $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.2453 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.2453.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to have a registered nurse on duty enough hours each day and to keep a registered nurse as the full-time director of nursing. Cited April 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 727 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited April 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to keep essential equipment working safely. Cited April 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 908 — 42 CFR §483.90 — S/S: E
The home failed to notify the resident and family in time before a transfer or discharge, including their right to appeal. Cited April 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 623 — 42 CFR §483.15 — S/S: E
The home failed to tell residents or their representatives in writing how long their bed would be held after a hospital transfer or therapeutic leave. Cited April 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 625 — 42 CFR §483.15 — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 9 health deficiencies.
The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.
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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.
