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Inspection visit

Health inspection

WESTLAKE NURSING AND REHAB CENTERCMS #1052961 citation on this visit
1 citation recorded

Inspector’s narrative

What the inspector wrote

This survey cited 1 deficiency, 1 of them serious (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full statement and the facility’s plan of correction follow, verbatim from the federal record.

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 (continued on next page) 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) Previous Versions Obsolete Facility ID: If continuation sheet Page 1 of 3 Event ID: 105296 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. (continued on next page) 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. FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 105296 If continuation sheet Page 3 of 3

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Citations

1 citation recorded*CMS

What do CMS severity letters mean?

Serious (G-L). Actual harm to a resident, or immediate jeopardy. Codes G through I indicate actual harm; J through L indicate immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety.

General (A-F). No actual harm found, or harm that is minimal. The facility must still submit a Plan of Correction. Most CMS citations land here.

Each letter combines severity with scope: how many residents the deficiency affected.

  • 0689SeriousS&S Jimmediate jeopardy

    F689 - Accidents

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

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Common questions about this visit

What happened during the May 10, 2023 survey of WESTLAKE NURSING AND REHAB CENTER?

This was a inspection survey of WESTLAKE NURSING AND REHAB CENTER on May 10, 2023. The surveyor cited 1 deficiency, recorded on the federal Form 2567 statement of deficiencies.

Were any deficiencies cited at WESTLAKE NURSING AND REHAB CENTER on May 10, 2023?

Yes, 1 deficiency was cited, each with a CMS Scope and Severity grade. The first was: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."

What type of survey was this?

This was a inspection survey conducted by state surveyors under federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight. Findings are published on CMS Care Compare.

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