F 0677
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
observations, interviews, and record reviews the facility failed to provide feeding assistance to dependent
residents. This failure applies to 2 of 7 (R8, R12) residents reviewed for activities of daily living. Findings
Include:
Residents Affected - Few
1. R12 is a is an [AGE] year-old female with diagnoses of history of Dementia, Major Depressive Disorder,
Partial Paralysis due to Stroke, Dysphagia, Anemia, Seizures, and COPD who was admitted to the facility
01/19/2020.
R12's Current Physician Orders include an active order effective 03/19/2024 for recommendation for
one-to-one feeding assistance during all meals to ensure safety during oral intake per the most recent
treatment course and active orders effective 10/22/2024 and 10/29/2024 for one-to-one feeding assistance
with strict adherence to precautions.
R12's current nutritional and dietary care plans initiated August 2021, July 2023, and March 2024
documents she requires a puree texture diet due to dysphagia; she is at risk for compromised nutritional
status and unintended weight loss, related to diagnoses including Alzheimer's disease or related Dementia
and Swallowing difficulties with interventions including: Monitor resident with difficulty of chewing or
swallowing, assess for signs of choking and/or aspiration; and an intervention implemented 09/24/2024 of
recommendation for 1:1 feeding assistance during all meals to ensure safety during oral intake per most
recent treatment course. R12's current care plan-initiated March 2023 documents she has a self-care
performance deficit in activities of daily living with interventions including requiring assistance with feeding.
On September 02, 2025, at 12:51 PM, R12 was eating the pureed food with her bare hands. Direct care
staff was not providing assistance to R12.
On September 03, 2025, at 3:04 PM V2 (Director of Nursing) stated R12 requires one to one feeding
assistance due to possible aspiration or choking while eating. The facility's General Care Policy states:
“It is the facility's policy to provide care for every resident to meet their needs.”
“Upon admission or readmission, the facility will evaluate the resident for physical needs. Physical
needs would include but are not limited to ADL (Activities of Daily Living). “
“The facility will assist the resident to meet these needs.”
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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
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
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Event ID:
145711
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
145711
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
09/04/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Bella Terra Elmhurst
420 West Butterfield Road
Elmhurst, IL 60126
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 0677
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
2. R8 was admitted to the facility on [DATE], with diagnoses including Epidural abscess, Sepsis, Gout,
Spinal hardware infection, Anemia, Seizure, disorder, depression, cerebral vascular attack, and bilateral
primary osteoarthritis of the knee. R8's Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], showed R8 was dependent
on staff for all activities of daily living and care.
R8 had the following care plan: R8 is on a mechanically altered diet related to dysphagia dated 09/02/2025
with the following intervention: Prepare and serve the prescribed diet as ordered: Pleasure Feeding,
Mechanical Soft, thin liquids. 1:1 feeding assistance dated 09/02/2025.
On September 2, 2025, at 11:15 AM, R8 was screaming for help in her room. R8 stated she wanted to get
out of the bed. R8 stated she is blind and can only see shadows. R8's breakfast tray is on the bedside table
and was untouched. R8 cried I haven't eaten. I want to get up. Please help me. R8 stated I want to eat. I
need some liquid and some food. Staff was not available to provide assistance to R8. On September 2,
2025, at 11:23 AM, V6 (Registered Nurse/RN) came to the room and stated she will feed R8 and V6
confirmed that R8's meal had not been touched.
On September 2, 2025, at 11:28, V22 (Certified Nursing Assistant/CNA) came to R8's room and stated that
she was assigned to care for R8. V22 stated that R8 required 1:1 feeding assistance, and she had not had
time to feed R8 breakfast because she was helping another staff member. V22 stated she is going to finish
helping get R28 up out of bed then she will come get R8 up and feed R8. On September 2, 2025, at 11:31
AM V6 came back to R8's room to feed here.
According to the facility's mealtime schedule, breakfast is served between 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM.
On September 4, 2025, at 10:00 PM, V2 (Director of Nursing) stated that residents who require 1:1 feeding
assistance should be fed within 15 minutes of their food tray being delivered.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
145711
If continuation sheet
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