F 0689
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
Residents Affected - Few
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to
prevent accidents.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
interviews, observations and record and policy reviews, the facility failed to provide appropriate supervision
to prevent an elopement which resulted in a missing resident for 1 of 3 sampled elopement risk residents of
16 elopement risk residents in the facility (Resident #1).
The deficient practice allowed Resident #1 to exit the facility undetected on 05/04/23 between 3:47 PM and
5:00 PM. It is not known what direction the resident took, or what exit he took to leave the facility. The
resident is still missing.
There were 80 residents in the facility at the time of the survey.
The facility's Administrator was notified of Immediate Jeopardy on 05/10/23 at 4:00 PM.
The findings included:
The facility's policy on elopements titled Elopements, and revised February 2014, revealed Staff shall
investigate and report all cases of missing residents. The policy interpretation and implementation revealed
Staff shall promptly report any resident who tries to leave the premises or is suspected of being missing to
the Charge Nurse or Director of Nursing.
Resident #1, an elderly male was initially admitted to the facility on [DATE] and readmitted on [DATE]. The
resident's diagnoses included Diabetes, Vascular Dementia, Mood swings, Delusions, Hypertension and
Cerebral Vascular Accident (stroke). On 04/21/23, the documented Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS)
score was 4 indicating the resident was cognitively impaired. He was on medication for Diabetes which was
Metformin 500 milligrams (mg) daily at 9 AM. Other pertinent medications included Clonazepam 1mg BID
(twice daily) 9 AM and 5 PM for Anxiety, Losartan 50mg once daily at 9 AM for Hypertension and
Mirtazapine 45mg one table at night for Depression. There was no history of falls, and his gait was slow but
steady.
On 05/09/23 at 11:15 AM, a walking tour was conducted of the inside of the facility with the Director of
Nurses (DON). The front door is a glass door and is unlocked and not alarmed and someone is at the desk
until 8:30 PM. This door is locked from 8:30 PM to 10:45 PM. At 10:45 PM, it is unlocked for the night shift
to come in and the supervisor sits at the desk. When all the staff is in, the door is locked until the
receptionist comes in the morning. The door from the reception area to the patient care area was alarmed
and the keypad code was changed post elopement. The alarm is shut off with a button located on the top of
the doorway. The door did alarm and was locked at the time of the tour. In the dining room, there are 2
doors alarmed and locked that lead to the smoking patio. They
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other
safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the
date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date
these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
(X6) DATE
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
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Facility ID:
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Event ID:
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Printed: 05/28/2026
Form Approved OMB
No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
105296
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
05/10/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Westlake Nursing and Rehab Center
440 Phippen Waiters Road
Dania Beach, FL 33004
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID PREFIX TAG
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0689
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
Residents Affected - Few
are unlocked with a keypad. When the doors are opened, it leads out to a screened patio. There are 2
screen doors that open to a fenced-in area which is gated with a padlock. At the time of the tour, the doors
were alarmed, the doors were locked, and the gates were securely locked with the padlock. The exit door
by the hall where the laundry is located has a keypad and an alarm and leads out to a fenced area. The
DON stated the fence was a little loose at the time of the elopement and maintenance has since tightened
it. This area is by the corner of Southwest 4th Terrace and [NAME] Road. The facility is located at a corner
in a residential area. Immediately surrounding the facility are 2 lane roads with a speed limit of 15 miles per
hour. The exit door by Central/West wing has no keypad but a switch on the top of the doorframe to unlock
the door. The door was alarmed when opened and led to a fenced area. The exit door by the [NAME] wing
has a switch to unlock the door on the top of the door frame and door alarmed when opened leading to a
fenced in area. There are no cameras at the exit doors.
On 05/10/23, a review of weather gathered from the website www.timeanddate.com revealed:
On 05/04/23, the weather was sunny and high of 85 degrees and low of 70 degrees with no rain.
On 05/05/23, it was sunny with a high of 82 degrees and low of 72 degrees with no rain.
On 05/06/23, it was high of 82 degrees and low of 73 degrees with sun and no rain.
On 05/07/23, it was partly cloudy with a high of 82 degrees and low of 75 degrees with no rain.
On 05/08/23, it was high of 81 degrees and low of 72 degrees, partly cloudy and no rain.
On 05/09/23, it was high of 84 degrees and low of 73 degrees, sunny and no rain.
On 05/10/23, it was 91 degrees and sunny.
An interview was conducted with the DON on 05/09/23 at 11:50 AM. She stated she was in the building at
the time the facility realized Resident #1 was missing at around 5:00 PM. She stated that a staff member
told her they were looking for Resident #1, so she called the staff together and started the missing person
protocol, which is Code MR. The staff were told where to go in the facility and some went outside the facility
and realized they could not find him. The sheriff's department was notified an hour later. At 6:00 PM, they
called the Local Sheriff's Office. They came with the K9 unit who sniffed the belongings of the resident and
searched until midnight. She stated she went to the nearby hospitals and continued to search around the
facility.
An interview was conducted on 05/09/23 at 12:00 PM with Staff A, the receptionist, who was sitting at the
front desk the day that Resident #1 went missing. After the code MR was called, she locked the front door
and went to the patient area. She was told to start searching everywhere because Resident #1 was
missing. She started with the rooms and went from door to door to the exits. She checked all of the doors
and all of the doors were alarmed.
An interview was conducted on 05/09/23 at 2:20 PM with Staff B, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). She
stated when she clocked out on 05/04/23 at 3:47 PM, Resident #1 was in the front of room [ROOM
NUMBER] which was near the timeclock. She clocked out and took him inside to his room. She left through
the alarmed, locked doors to the reception area and left through the front door. The receptionist was there.
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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
105296
If continuation sheet
Page 2 of 3
Printed: 05/28/2026
Form Approved OMB
No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
105296
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
05/10/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Westlake Nursing and Rehab Center
440 Phippen Waiters Road
Dania Beach, FL 33004
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID PREFIX TAG
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0689
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
Residents Affected - Few
Interview with Staff C, CNA, on 05/10/23 at 3:55 PM, revealed she was assigned to Resident #1 on
05/04/23. She has been working in the facility for 10 years. When she came in at 3:00 PM, she saw
Resident #1. She stated that part of her assignment was supervising the residents. The CNA stated she
saw Resident #1 between room [ROOM NUMBER] and the hallway. He had 2 cookies in his hand. She
checked to see all of her residents were there. Then she took the nightgowns and towels to each room. She
had 10 residents on her assignment. When she finished at 3:40 PM, she was assigned to the dining room
to prepare coffee and dinner. She heard someone say look for (Resident #1) and she stopped in the dining
room and everyone was looking room to room because sometimes he went to another room to sleep. No
alarm was heard.
Interview with Staff D, Registered Nurse (RN), on 05/10/23 at 4:33 PM revealed Resident #1 was on her
assignment. She came into the building around 3:20 PM but she did not see him. He would always be in his
bed or in the bathroom or another resident's room. She was checking residents' blood sugars when the
Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) told her she did not see him, so they started looking in the rooms.
They notified the DON. Code MR was called, and they did a head count. She looked inside and outside of
the building. She did not see anything. They had to break into some of the closet doors to break the locks to
look for him. Stated it was a normal day before that.
Interview by phone with a Detective from the local sheriff's department on 05/11/23 at 12:05 PM revealed
Resident #1 has not been located yet.
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Event ID:
Facility ID:
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