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Inspection visit

Inspection

ARC AT STREATORCMS #1450621 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 Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. Level of Harm - Actual harm Residents Affected - Few Based on interview and record review the facility failed to ensure that a resident was assisted to the bathroom in a safe manner. This failure resulted in R2's legs giving out, requiring her to be lowered to the floor by staff and resulting in a right closed displaced spiral distal femoral shaft fracture on 1/14/24. This applies to 1 of 4 residents (R2) reviewed for safety in a sample of 4. The findings include: R2's Incident Report dated 1/14/24 at 6:40 AM states, Aide came to this nurse with report that while walking resident to the restroom- she stated legs/knees were giving out- aide stated she lowered resident to the floor. Upon my visual- resident lying in restroom on the floor, right side. Denies any new injury/pain. Does complain of pain to right shoulder and hip, which resident has frequently. No visual new injury. Stated her legs were giving out and the aide lowered her to the floor. R2's Progress Notes dated 1/14/24 state, 9:23 AM, Resident lying in bed on left side complaining of extreme pain to right leg. Resident requesting repositioning but crying out in pain when assisted. Resident unable to sit up in bed with assistance. Some swelling noted to right femur, no redness or bruising . Orders given for stat X-rays to Right hip and pelvis and Right femur. (Portable) X-ray called. Tech is delayed due to weather conditions but will call when closer. 11:27 AM Resident requested to go to hospital due to extreme pain without relief. POA notified and consented to transfer resident to hospital via ambulance. Ambulance called. EMTs transporting resident to hospital at approximately 11:20 AM. 3:02 PM- Resident being transferred to (Larger local hospital) d/t non-displaced spiral fracture to shaft of right femur. On 3/4/24 at 9:55 AM R2 was sitting in her recliner in her room. R2 appeared clean and well groomed. R2 was alert and pleasant and somewhat sarcastic. R2 stated, I can walk with the walker, but I have to have help. I have to call them. I am just following the rules. My leg gets tired more easily now. R2 was asked how she fell on 1/14/24. R2 stated, I had just finished scrubbing in the bathroom and I came out and I went down real easy. It wasn't like a big fall or a big hurt or anything. The x-ray showed the fracture of my leg. I didn't have surgery or anything. I don't remember if I was in the hospital or not. I'm okay now. On 3/4/24 at 10:55 AM V4 (Certified Nursing Assistant/CNA) stated, (R2) had her slipper socks on and I used a gait belt. As we were walking from the bed to the bathroom, she said her legs felt weak and I told her 'a couple more steps' and then she started to go down. I went down first, and my leg (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 2 Event ID: 145062 Printed: 05/15/2026 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 145062 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 03/04/2024 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Arc at Streator 1525 East Main Street Streator, IL 61364 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 - Actual harm Residents Affected - Few hit the floor before she did. I lowered her to the floor. I asked her if she was ok, and she said she was and then I ran to get the nurse. When we moved her to try to get her up, she complained of pain to her right leg and was not able to roll over to her other side. We used a (mechanical lift) to get her off the floor and she was crying in a lot of pain. Then I heard that she went out and I thought it is just not possible with the way I put her on the floor. R2's Orthopedic Consultation Note dated 1/14/24 states, Admitting Diagnosis: Trauma. Assessment: Right closed displaced spiral distal femoral shaft fracture. Recommendations: The patient and her POA (Power of Attorney) do consent to orthopedic treatment that will consist of right femur retrograde intramedullary nail fixation with possible open reduction internal fixation On 3/4/24 at 3:16 PM V10 (Registered Nurse at Ortho Clinic) stated, V7 (R2's Orthopedic MD) is a locum and he does not work out of this office- he just takes call for us. I know on 1/16/24, V2 (Director of Nurses/DON) from (facility), called here and spoke to our PA (Physician's Assistant). So, I can read you the note from that call. (V2) was claiming that the mechanism of the fall could not have resulted in the type of injury that (R2) had. So, the PA spoke to V7, and this is the note she wrote that says that V7 said that the spiral fracture is from trauma and not pathological in nature. A document dated 1/16/24 that V10 faxed to Surveyor from the Orthopedic Office reads, I (PA) spoke with (V7) about this patient and received advice. Upon his consultation on 1/14/24, history obtained by the ED (Emergency Department) was that (R2) had experienced an unwitnessed fall, the patient was a poor historian. He also said that patient's family was unsure of mechanism of injury since the incident was unwitnessed. Her injury could have been due to a twist-and-fall, leading to a spiral fracture pattern. Osteopenic bone can fracture this way with a twisting injury. There is no concern for pathologic origin of the femur fracture. On 3/4/24 at 1:15 PM V6 (Director of Therapy) stated, (R2) has been here a long time. Before the fall the last time, we worked with her was in October. She had had a general decline and we picked her up again in therapy. At that time, she required a sit to stand. In therapy she would participate well but she was not consistent enough to release her to pivot transfer with nursing. So, she needed to be a sit to stand with nursing. On October 25 she could ambulate 10 ft, but she was not consistent enough for us to release her to nursing for them to ambulate with her. She still required the use of the sit to stand. We considered a (Full mechanical lift) for her, but she didn't like it, so we told her then if you don't want to use the (full mechanical lift) then you have to hold on to the sit to stand. Therapy makes the recommendations and if there is a change in condition then we would screen the resident again. She could stand pivot, but her consistency was variable. She was what we call a self- limiting individual- when she says she wants to sit, she will just sit, and she expects that you are going to be there with a chair, or you are going to throw yourself on the floor to catch her. She is anxious at times but sometimes she just doesn't want to walk, and she doesn't decide before she starts, she decides right in the middle of the walk that she is done. Even in therapy we usually walked her with 2 people and always a wheelchair behind her. R2's current care plan shows an intervention dated 10/20/23 stating, Will initiate placing sign in room reminding staff resident is a stand/pivot transfer only with no ambulation. On 3/4/24 at 2:35 PM V2 (Director of Nursing) stated, As far as I am concerned the care plan should be accurate. We update their transfer status quarterly and as needed. FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 145062 If continuation sheet Page 2 of 2

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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 Gactual harm

    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 March 4, 2024 survey of ARC AT STREATOR?

This was a inspection survey of ARC AT STREATOR on March 4, 2024. The surveyor cited 1 deficiency, recorded on the federal Form 2567 statement of deficiencies.

Were any deficiencies cited at ARC AT STREATOR on March 4, 2024?

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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