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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- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
interview and record review the facility failed to ensure a resident was assisted in safe manner to prevent
injury for 1 of 3 residents (R1) reviewed for safety in the sample of 4. This failure resulted in (R1) sustaining
a fall and receiving a right ankle fracture.
The findings include:
R1's face sheet shows she has diagnoses including: Parkinsonism, anxiety disorder, auditory and visual
hallucinations, and a history of falls.
R1's current care plan shows on 10/6/23 Impaired Memory care plan was initiated which says R1 is having
impaired memory and problems with decision-making, insight, logic, calculation, reasoning, planning and
judgement. R1's active Fall Risk care plan initiated 3/9/17 shows R1 is at risk for falls and she requires a
one person assist for transfers. R1's active Transfer-Restorative care plan initiated on 3/9/17 shows R1 is
unable to transfer independently and requires a one person assist and a gait belt for transfers.
R1's Physical Therapy Progress Report from 10/27/23-11/13/23 shows that she requires partial to
moderate assist supervision and touching with transfers to and from bed, chair, wheelchair and the toilet.
R1's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) show the following progress notes:
11/16/23 at 5:04 PM, physician progress note completed by V12 (Nurse Practitioner/NP) states, Patient
{R1} seen for a rehab follow-up. She was recently hospitalized for altered mental status, she is feeling tired
and appears to be more lethargic. Needs min/mod assist from staff for positioning and activities of daily
living (ADLs). High fall risk: follow all facility fall precautions.
11/22/23 at 5:54 PM, nurses note completed by V5 (Registered Nurse/RN) states, CNA (Certified Nursing
Assistant) notified resident fell in the bathroom, writer checked the resident and found on the floor. Per CNA
was trying to clean the resident after a BM (bowel movement) resident holding the rails with the standing
position and per CNA moved for wipes at that time resident loosing balance and fell. CNA notified can see
the resident twisting the right ankle. Resident cannot move right leg, has pain in the right ankle. Resident
alert but confused and lethargic. Called 911 and resident sent to (a local emergency room).
11/22/23 10:36 PM, nurses note completed by V5 shows R1 was admitted to the hospital and has 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.
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
145621
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
11/30/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Pavilion of Waukegan
2217 Washington Street
Waukegan, IL 60085
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
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diagnosis of a Bimalleolar ankle fracture, acute kidney injury and dehydration.
Level of Harm - Actual harm
Hospital records from a local community hospital dated 11/23/23 show that R1 presented to the emergency
room for evaluation after a fall at the nursing facility. She complained of right hip and right ankle pain and
was diagnosed with acute mildly displaced fractures of the medical and lateral malleoilli. Surgical
intervention was not required.
Residents Affected - Few
On 11/30/23 at 8:35 AM, R1 said she is unable to recall the incident when she fell and doesn't recall a CNA
in the bathroom with her. She said prior to her fall she could stand with staff help to get into her wheelchair
and use the toilet, but now she cannot.
On 11/30/23 at 8:48 AM, V4 (Restorative Nurse) said in the month or so prior to R1's recent fall she had
been more depressed and slowed down due to the death of her husband. V4 said R1 has been a 1 person
assist with a gait belt for toileting. V4 said gait belts should be used by all staff for resident transfers and
ambulating. He said he does investigate resident falls to determine the cause but he has not yet spoken
with V7 who is an agency CNA that was in the bathroom with R1 when she fell. V4 said he was told by the
nurse on duty (V5) that V7 was cleaning stool off of R1's bottom and had turned away from R1 to get
[NAME] wipes and R1 fell.
On 11/30/23 at 9:20 AM, V7 (Agency CNA) said R1 had put the call light on in her bathroom and she went
in to assist her. R1 had stool on her bottom and needed help to clean it off so V7 had R1 grab the bar on
the wall in the bathroom and stand up. V7 said she was cleaning R1's bottom and needed more wipes so
she turned away and left R1 standing by herself at the grab bar and went to the sink area in the bathroom
and got more wipes. By the time she turned back around she saw R1, she was already falling and she saw
R1's ankle twist. V7 said she was not aware that R1 was a fall risk and needed a 1 person touch assist and
a gait belt for transfers. V7 said she believes to an extent had she used a gait belt it would have prevented
R1's fall and had she known she was a fall risk and required a 1 person transfer assistance she would not
have left her standing at the bar alone to get wipes she would have pulled the call light and gotten another
staff person to assist her.
On 11/30/23 at 9:27 AM, V5 (RN) said she was called to come to the bathroom by V7 because R1 had
fallen in the bathroom. V5 said V7 told her that she was cleaning stool off of R1 and turned to get wipes and
R1 fell. V5 said the facility protocol is for gait belts to always be used to assist residents to transfer and all
staff should know to use them. V5 said since V7 was from agency maybe she didn't know to use one.
On 11/30/23 at 9:33 AM, V3 (Medical Director and R1's physician) said he was out of town when R1 fell but
his team was notified and followed R1 at the hospital. V3 said this type of ankle fracture is consistent with a
fall. He said the CNA should have followed facility protocol and used a gait belt to assist R1 and he believes
it could have helped the CNA prevent R1 from falling.
On 11/30/23 at 10:45 AM, V11 (Physical Therapist) said R1 had a recent decline but was improving at the
time of her fall. V11 said R1 required 1 person, a contact guard assist and the use of a gait belt for
transfers. She said R1 should not have been left standing at the bar without support.
On 11/30/23 at 11:01 AM, V2 (DON) said a gait belt is considered part of a staff uniform and V7 should
have known to use it. V2 said she was not aware that V7 did not use a gait belt because she has not be
able to get in touch with her until today.
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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
145621
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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
145621
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
11/30/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Pavilion of Waukegan
2217 Washington Street
Waukegan, IL 60085
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
The facility provided and not dated, Gait Belt policy says that gait belts should be used by all staff and are
used to prevent injury during transfers and ambulation.
Level of Harm - Actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
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