F 0578
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to
participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
record review and interview, the facility failed to verify a resident's code status prior to starting
CPR/Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation for one of three residents (R1) reviewed code status in the sample of
three.
Findings include:
The facility's undated Residents' Rights Regarding Treatment and Advance Directives policy documents,
Upon admission, should the resident have an advance directive, copies will be made and placed on the
chart as well as communicated to staff.
The facility's undated Communication of Code Status policy states: It is the facility's policy to adhere to
residents' rights to formulate advance directives. In accordance with these rights, the facility will implement
procedures to communicate a resident's code status to those individuals who need to know. Designated
sections of the medical record are: miscellaneous tab under Advanced Directives. Additional means of
communication of code status include: PCC/Point Click Care (the facility's electronic medical record data
system) under resident's name is code status.
R1's medical record documents R1 was admitted to the facility from the hospital on [DATE] with the
following diagnoses: Acute Respiratory Failure with Hypoxia; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease;
Chronic Kidney Disease; Congestive Heart Disease; Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2.
R1's medical record included a POLST/Physicians Order for Life Sustaining Treatment Form, signed and
dated [DATE] by R1 and V16 (R1's Physician). This POLST documented R1's code status was, Do Not
Attempt Resuscitation/DNR.
R1's Health Status Note by V4 RN/Registered Nurse, dated [DATE] at 3:25pm, documented R1 was
admitted by V4 on [DATE] at 3:25pm. V4 documented R1 was alert and oriented, able to answer all
questions appropriately. V4 documented R1's code status as Full Code.
R1's Health Status Note by V5 LPN/Licensed Practical Nurse, dated [DATE] at 2:25am, documents V5
found R1 unresponsive, pulseless, without respirations, and unable to auscultate an apical pulse.
On [DATE] at 1:41pm, V5 LPN stated, during shift change on [DATE], V14/LPN reported that R1's code
status was DNR/Do Not Resuscitate. V5 stated he did not check R1's electronic medical record for
verification of R1's code status or POLST form at that time. V5 stated when they found R1 unresponsive,
pulseless and without respirations, V5 did not start Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation/CPR, based on the
verbal report V5 received when coming on duty. V5 stated he called V6 RN/Registered Nurse on a
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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
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Event ID:
145151
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
145151
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
12/31/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Allure of Mendota
1201 First Avenue
Mendota, IL 61342
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 0578
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
separate hall, to verify R1's death and attempted to notify R1's POA/Power of Attorney and family members
of her passing. V5 stated he then called the on-call Nurse (V4 RN) to report (R1's) death. V3
ADON/Assisted Director of Nursing then called the facility and told V5 R1's code status was Full Code. At
that time, V5 stated he called 9-1-1 (emergency services) and directed V6 RN, V7 and V8 CNAs to start
CPR. V5 stated V2 DON/Director of Nursing called the facility shortly after CPR was started and informed
V5 that R1's code status is DNR. V5 stated he then located R1's POLST/Physicians Order for
Life-Sustaining Treatment Form in R1's electronic medical record documenting R1's DNR code status and
informed staff to stop CPR.
On [DATE] at 10:45am, V4 stated she was the admitting nurse for R1 on [DATE]. V4 stated she called the
admitting hospital for report from R1's nurse, who stated R1's code status was a Full Code. V4 stated R1
did not voice her code status to V4 during the admission process. V4 stated on [DATE], she passed on
during report to V15/LPN/Licensed Practical Nurse, the oncoming night shift nurse, that R1's code status
was a Full Code. V4 confirmed R1's code status was a DNR, and she had passed on incorrect information
after admitting R1. V4 stated CPR was started when R1's code status was DNR per R1's POLST form. V4
stated she did not verify R1's code status by checking R1's POLST form sent with R1 on admission.
On [DATE] at 11:05am, V12 MDS/Minimum Data Set Coordinator stated R1's POLST form that R1 admitted
with on [DATE] documented R1 as a DNR.
On [DATE] at 11:12am V13 Social Services Director stated R1 was admitted to the facility from the hospital
on [DATE] with transfer orders and a signed POLST Form documenting R1's code status as (Do Not
Resuscitate) DNR. V13 stated R1 was alert and oriented when she met with R1 upon admission to the
facility and confirmed R1's DNR code status with R1, personally. V13 stated R1 confirmed her code status
as DNR.
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