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
Note: The nursing home is
disputing this citation.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
observation, interview and record review the facility failed to supervise a moderately impaired resident with
a history of stroke. R3 was left unattended outside and fell from the wheelchair for 1 of 3 residents (R3)
reviewed for falls in the sample of 6. This failure resulted in R3 being sent to the hospital after sustaining a
black eye and bruising to her forehead from the fall. Findings include: R3's Physician Order Sheet for
August 2025 documents diagnosis of atherosclerotic heart disease, cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of
left middle cerebral artery, unsteadiness on feet, weakness, need for assistance with personal care, lack of
coordination, other abnormalities of gait and mobility, muscle weakness, hemiplegia and hemiparesis
following cerebrovascular disease affecting unspecified side. R3's Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE]
document she is moderately impaired for cognition for activities of daily living. She has impairment on one
side on both her upper and lower extremities and uses a wheelchair. For transfers she requires a Sit to
stand: The ability to come to a standing position from sitting in a chair, wheelchair, or on the side of the bed
-Helper does ALL the effort. Resident does none of the effort to complete the activity. Or the assistance of 2
or more helpers is required for the resident to complete the activity. R3's Care Plan: dated 4/10/2025
documents, the resident has hemiplegia/hemiparesis. The Care Plan with a created date of 1/5/2025
documents, The Resident has impaired cognitive function/dementia or impaired thought processes, the
resident is on anticoagulant therapy. The resident has an ADL (activities of daily living) Self Care
Performance Deficit, start date 1/5/2024. For Falls with a created date of 7/17/2025, (R3) is at risk for falls
related to history of stroke with hemiplegia and hemiparesis and weakness. The Care Plan with a start date
of 4/10/2025 also documents the resident has impaired visual function. R3's Smoking assessment dated
[DATE] documents, Resident is a supervised smoker. Resident has to be reminded to hand staff her
cigarette to put it out. Resident only smokes occasionally and only a few drags off cigarette. R3's falls Risk
assessment dated [DATE] documents R3 was at risk for falls. On 8/28/2025 at 12:18 PM, R3 was sitting
near the entrance of the facility in her wheelchair. R3's wheelchair brakes were locked, and R3 was rocking
back and forth, as an attempt to propel forward. R3 was moaning and was slumped in the chair. There was
another resident outside as well but with her back to her and that resident (R4) was talking on the phone.
There were no staff outside. The double doors were shut, and no staff were monitoring any resident. R3
was moaning repeatedly and rocking back and forth. Surveyor approached R3 and asked R3 if she needed
anything, but she was not alert and was just moaning and then she leaned forward in her wheelchair,
slipped out and hit her head on the concrete as fell out of the chair. R3 sustained abrasions on her knees
and a large baseball size swelling on her forehead. Surveyor ran inside the building to alert staff (V1
Administrator) and to get assistance for R3. R3's Progress Notes dated 8/28/2025 at 12:20 PM, Note Text:
This nurse was notified by staff that resident was found on the ground at the front entrance/patio area.
Resident was found lying face
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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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Event ID:
145497
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
145497
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
09/03/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Three Springs Sr Living & Rhab
161 Three Springs Road
Chester, IL 62233
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
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F 0689
Level of Harm - Actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Note: The nursing home is
disputing this citation.
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down on the ground. Assisted resident to back and large bruise and swelling noted above right eye.
Resident alert and able to answer questions appropriately. Resident c/o (complained of) pain to right hip
area. This nurse contacted (Physician) and received order to send to (Hospital) for evaluation. EMS
(emergency Medical Service) services contact and arrived shortly. Resident transferred to stretcher without
incident and transported to hospital. R3's Hospital Records dated 8/28/2025 at 12:50 PM, documents,
Patient sent from (Facility), reported she fell out of her wheelchair hitting her forehead. Large purple
hematoma noted above right eyebrow. History of stroke with right side weakness aphasia. The patient
spilled forward out of the wheelchair and struck her forehead, baseball size swelling and ecchymosis over
the forehead. On 8/28/2025 at 2:33 PM, R3 was sitting outside and has an abrasion to the front of her head
in the middle of her forehead approximately 6 millimeters in length and 4 millimeters in width , a black eye
with a darken circle area is present on her entire left eye with a small blackish area under part of her eye on
the right side, only 1/4 of the eye is covered in a black streak. On 8/28/2025 at 3:45 PM, V8 (Licensed
Practical Nurse/LPN) stated (V15 Corporate) came and got me because (R3) is on my hall. She told me
(R3) had fallen outside. (R3) is hard to understand and she does moan out loud, really loud when she
needs something because she can't communicate very well. I think (V12 LPN) took her outside. I am not
sure why she did not stay with her. (R3) likes to go outside and we have several residents that like to go
outside but they are more alert than (R3). We are supposed to stay with (R3) when she is outside. I just got
call from the hospital. I am not aware of her having any previous falls. She has never had behaviors and/or
threw herself on the ground that I am aware of. On 8/28/2025 at 3:53 PM, V12 (LPN) stated, (R3) cannot
walk on her own and she uses a wheelchair. You have to really pay attention to (R3) to know what she
wants. (R3) moans a lot when she wants something. She had a stroke. She just recently lost her husband;
they were roommates here together. (R3) was in the dining room today, and she was wanting her
cigarettes, and she only had a small cigarette left so I took her outside. She likes to go outside. She only
had a part of a cigarette and after she finished, (R3) did not want to come back in. (R3) has never thrown
herself on the floor before, and I did not lock her wheelchair. I did not bring her back in because (R3) did not
want to come back. I am not sure if she needed supervision or if she could stay outside unsupervised. I
don't know. I know she does need supervision for the cigarettes, but I did not think about it for being outside
because she loves to go outside. The Facility Fall Policy with a revision date of March 2018 documents,
Based on previous evaluations and current data, the staff will identify interventions related to the resident's
specific risk and causes to try to try to prevent the resident from falling and try to minimize complications
from falling. The Facility Smoking Policy with a revision date of July 2017 documents, Any resident with
restricted privileges requiring monitoring shall have the direct supervision of a staff member, family
member, visitor or volunteer worker at all times when smoking.
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