F 0689
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
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
observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure supervision for 1 of 4 sampled
residents (Resident #67) related to wandering, which also affected Resident #117 and Resident #15.
The findings included:
Resident #67 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnosis that included Alzheimer's and anxiety disorder Review
of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 02/24/22, documented Resident #67 as being severely
cognitively impaired.
Resident #67's Care Plan for Wandering Risk, effective date 10/15/21, documented interventions of offering
snacks in between meals, provide reassurance and comfort when anxious, assist with calling son, check
wander guard for proper placement and function, and update Code Purple folder (wanderers identification
book) with resident's picture and important information.
On 04/11/22 at 10:44 AM during an interview, Resident #117 wrote that Resident #67 comes in his room
uninvited, sometimes uses his restroom and they (the staff) must physically remove her. He communicated
that it upsets him, and that he has complained to the nurses. Review of the MDS assessment dated [DATE]
documented Resident #117 as being cognitively intact with diagnosis that include inability to speak due to
surgical removal of his voice box, altered breathing due to breathing through a hole in his neck and
requiring limited to extensive assistance for all activities except eating.
On 04/11/22 at 11:29 AM during an interview, Resident #15 stated a confused woman in a wheelchair who
speaks Spanish, a foreign language, comes in her room and fiddles with her bedding. She also said that
sometimes it unnerves her because she is sleeping and feels someone messing with her bed. Review of
the MDS assessment dated [DATE] documented Resident #15 as being cognitively intact with diagnosis
that included Heart Disease and requiring extensive assistance for all activities except eating.
On 04/13/22 at 8:20 AM, Resident #117 communicated that Resident #67 came in his room again
yesterday and had to be escorted out. He also communicated that he complained again to the staff about it.
On 04/13/22 at 2:00 PM, Staff A CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) stated he is aware of Resident #67
wandering in other people's rooms and about her going into Resident #117's room. He stated he goes and
gets her out. Staff A said they try to redirect her but sometimes he is busy giving care to someone else and
does not know she has gone into another resident's room.
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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.
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
105801
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/14/2022
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Joseph L Morse Health Center Inc The
4847 Fred Gladstone Drive
West Palm Beach, FL 33417
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 - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
On 04/13/22 at 2:15 PM, Staff B, Registered Nurse (RN) stated that she is aware of Resident #67's
wandering and going uninvited into other residents' rooms. She said they put a wander guard on her chair
to keep her from leaving the floor. She also stated they try to have her sit by the nurse's station so they can
watch her.
On 04/13/22 at 4:22 PM, Resident #117 communicated in the presence of another surveyor that Resident
#67 came in his room again and had to be removed yesterday. He said that it bothers him, he does not like
it, it has been going on for months and he has complained about it to the staff.
On 04/13/22 at 4:25 PM, Resident #15 stated in the presence of another surveyor that Resident #67 comes
in her room uninvited and messes with her bedding. She stated that it bothers her, actually it bothers
everyone.
Review of the Progress Note, titled, Nursing on 12/23/21 at 5:57 AM, stated, resident woke up around 5:15
AM and started making a lot of noise roaming around calling in Spanish [her native language] she pulled
the alarm of the emergency door, security was called to reset the alarm. Redirected several times, she got
aggressive.
Review of the Progress Note, titled, Nursing on 01/16/22 at 1:45 AM, stated, received resident awake out of
bed roaming around in her wheelchair, going door to door waking up other residents; she went to a
resident's room broke a picture frame then threw stuff on the floor.
Review of the Interdisciplinary Behavior Observation Form dated 01/18/22, documented Resident #67 with
behaviors of yelling, screaming, being verbally abusive and entering other residents' rooms.
Review of the Interdisciplinary Behavior Observation Form dated 03/02/22, documented Resident #67 with
behaviors of being verbally abusive, threatening, screaming at others, cursing, and being physically
abusive. Interventions used for the behaviors listed separating Resident #67 from the other resident,
redirect, and return her to her room.
Review of the Interdisciplinary Behavior Observation Form dated 03/10/22, documented Resident #67 in
other resident's room with behaviors of being verbally abusive, threatening, screaming at others, cursing,
and being physically abusive, kicking, attempts to hit, and very combative.
Review of the Progress Note, titled, Nursing on 03/10/22 at 4:11 PM, stated Resident was very aggressive
today. Went to other resident's room used the toilet and attempts to kicks the Resident (#117) . when Writer
trying to take (Resident#67) out, she started, yelling, shouting, and kicking. (Resident #67) went to another
resident's room trying to kick another resident. ANRP (nurse practitioner) notified, received new order
Ativan 0.5 milligram intramuscular (sedation shot). Ativan given in the left arm.
Review of the Progress Note, titled, Medical on 03/16/22 at 2:41 PM, documented under Behaviors: yelling,
screaming, biting, delusions, verbally and physically abusive, going into other rooms and hoarding.
Review of the Progress Note, titled, Geri-Psychiatry Follow-up Evaluation on 03/17/22 at 2:35 PM,
documented under Assessment: Worsening anxious moods, sundowning (state of confusion spanning into
the night), wandering and agitation.
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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
105801
If continuation sheet
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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
105801
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/14/2022
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Joseph L Morse Health Center Inc The
4847 Fred Gladstone Drive
West Palm Beach, FL 33417
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 - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Review of the Progress Note, titled, Activities on 03/27/22 at 5:11 PM, stated Resident #67 can self-propel
her wheelchair around the unit and is noted to wander into other resident's rooms.
Review of the Progress Note, titled, Medical on 03/31/22 stated Resident # 67 has been exhibiting the
following behavior of yelling, biting, resisting care, delusions, verbally and physically abusive, going into
other rooms, hoarding and states the behaviors occur randomly throughout day and night hours.
Resident #67 was observed during the survey to self-propel her wheelchair in the hallways and dining room
on her unit.
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