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
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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
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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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Event ID:
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No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
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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
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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.
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