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- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
interview and record review, the facility failed to follow its procedure for transportation and failed to
adequately supervise and safely secure resident during transport to prevent a fall for one (R1) resident of
three residents reviewed for accidents/incidents in a sample of three. These failures resulted in R1
sustaining a subdural hematoma and left scapula fracture. Findings include: The facility's (State) Long-Term
Care Ombudsman Program Residents' Rights for People in Long-Term Care Facilities, dated 11/28/18
documents: Your facility must treat you with dignity and respect and must care for you in a manner that
promotes your quality of life; and, Your rights to safety: The facility must provide services to keep your
physical and mental health, at their highest practical levels.The facility's Passenger Carrier Safety
Orientation-Return Demonstration Procedure dated 5/21/2015 (Signed and Dated 9/10/25 by V5 licensed
Practical Nurse/LPN) documents: Any employee who will be a designated driver of a passenger carrier
must complete the assigned online training as well as behind the wheel training by the facility's designated
driving coach. 9. Employee backs the resident into the van. 10. Employee securely fastens and secures the
resident into the van. R1's Hospital Notes dated 9/27/25 document: Radiology Report: Impression: Left
subdural hematoma along the posterior falx. Minimally displaced left scapular fracture medially. R1's
Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE] documents R1 has a BIMS (Brief Interview of Mental Status) score
of 15. (MDS indicates that on a scale of 0 - 15, 13 to 15 cognitively intact; 8 to 12 moderate impairment; and
0 to 7 severe impairment.) R1's diagnoses include: History of Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Cerebral
Infarction, Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis affecting left non-dominant side, Type 2 Diabetes, Depression,
Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Dementia with other behavior disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood
disturbance; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Acquired absence of left leg above knee,
Traumatic subdural hemorrhage without loss of consciousness, Displaced fracture of body of scapula, left
shoulder. R1's recent Care Plan documents: (R1) is at risk for falls related to needing assist with mobility
and transfers, history of fall; use of psychotropic medication, left above the knee amputation. (R1) has been
noted to be non-compliant with non-weight bearing and not to wear shoes. Facility's Initial and Final
Reports to (State Department of Public Health) for R1 dated 9/27/25 and 10/3/25 document: On 9/27/25 at
(1:50am), (R1) was being transported via facility van from an (Emergency Room) evaluation, fell over
backwards, hitting his head on the rear door of the van. (R1) was diagnosed with an intracranial bleed and
was transferred to (City) Medical Center for admission. Conclusion: (R1) was transported to the
(Emergency Room), was diagnosed with a superficial abrasion to the scalp, a left subdural hematoma
along the posterior falx measuring 0.8 centimeters, and a minimally displaced left scapular fracture. (R1)
returned to facility on 10/2/25. (Documentation and Interviews indicated that V5 Licensed Practical
Nurse/LPN was the driver of the facility van on 9/27/25.) On 10/14/25 at 1255pm, V8 Transport/Certified
Nursing Assistant/CNA, stated that she did train (V5 Licensed Practical Nurse/LPN)
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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:
145720
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
145720
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/15/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
St Clara's Rehab & Senior Care
1450 Castle Manor Drive
Lincoln, IL 62656
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
Level of Harm - Actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
on how to secure residents in the van during (V5's) transportation training and orientation. On 10/15/25 at
9:01am, V5 LPN stated that on the day of R1's accident, that V5 used the van for the first time; had just
gotten his license to drive it to transport residents. V5 stated that he had been trained on how to secure
wheelchairs in the van but that he only locked R1's wheelchair wheels and that was it, stated that the facility
was only a block away (from hospital). V5 stated, It was around 1:30am in the morning; figured it was just a
block away to the facility. I stopped at the stop sign out of the hospital parking lot; stepped on gas and (R1)
rolled backwards. At this same time, V5 stated that he was no longer at the facility; stated I felt so bad about
this; I resigned the next day. On 10/15/25 at 10:50am, V1 Administrator stated: (V3 Power of Attorney/POA
to R1) was called after the accident. Both myself and (V3) agreed that the accident could have been
avoided. When I called (V5 LPN) about the accident, he said he is getting too old for all the new technology;
and said he was putting in his resignation immediately. (V5) was responsible for securing residents in the
van.
Event ID:
Facility ID:
145720
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