Nursing home report
EAST HARTFORD, CT · Medicare-certified · 345 beds
Riverside Health Care Center, Inc. in East Hartford, CT has a 1-out-of-5 overall rating, with 1-star health inspection results, 3-star staffing and quality ratings, and reported nurse staffing below the federal benchmark (3.72 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day). It also had $12,715 in fines in the last 24 months and a recent abuse citation, with recent inspection concerns including accident hazards/supervision, pressure ulcer care, and foot care.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.7191 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.7191.
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 nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited August 2023 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: J
The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited January 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 686 — 42 CFR §483.25(b) — S/S: G
The home failed to provide appropriate foot care for residents. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 687 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited August 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
A federal fine of $12,715 was recorded.
On record with Medicare: 3 fines · $61,394 in total fines.
Federal fine
Mar 11, 2025
Federal fine
Jan 10, 2024
Federal fine
Aug 1, 2023
The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
