Inspection·February 21, 2026

F 0812 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Residents Affected - Some Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to follow sanitation and food handling practices while preparing resident meals. Failed to record temperatures of food before serving residents. Failed to maintain temperatures of food before serving food to residents. This failure affected 20 residents reviewed for food safety.Findings include:On 02/20/26 at 12:00pm observed V21 (Dietary Aide) and V22 (Cook) preparing meal trays and meals for resident dining. V21 and V22 were observed with full facial beards with no beard coverings.On 02/20/26 at 12:03pm V15 (Dietary Manager) stated that V21 (Dietary Aide) and V22 (Cook) should both have beard coverings on while preparing resident meals. V15 stated that hair can fall in the resident's food and that not covering their beards is unsanitary.On 02/20/26 at 12:05pm V22 (Cook) stated that he didn't know that the facility had hair nets for beards. V22 stated that he should have a hair net over his beard so that hair doesn't fall in the food.On 02/20/26 at 12:08pm V21 (Dietary Aide) observed with ungloved hands, lick his hand and pick up menu ticket and place it on the resident meal tray. Observed V21 prepare multiple trays which V15 (Dietary Manager) counted as 20 trays before V21 sanitized his hands and placed gloves on.On 02/20/26 at 12:08pm V21 (Dietary Aide) stated that he should not have licked his fingers and continued to prepare the meal trays. V21 stated that licking his fingers is unsanitary.On 02/20/26 at 12:14pm V21 (Dietary Aide) observed with gloved hands, place mask over V21's face, adjusting mask at ear and nose placement. V21 then observed to continue preparing meal trays without removing gloves and sanitizing hands.On 02/20/26 at 12:14pm V15 (Dietary Manager) stated that V21 (Dietary Aide) should have sanitized his hands and replaced his gloves before continuing the tray line.On 02/20/26 at 12:27pm surveyor observed delivery of the 3 south meal carts delivered to the 3 south dining room. V15 (Dietary Manager) pulled random tray from meal cart. V15 checked temperature of food on the meal tray. Ham on the meal tray tempted at 87.8 degrees Fahrenheit. V15 stated that the ham should be at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit. V15 stated serving food at the right temperature makes it safe for residents to eat and makes it palatable.On 02/20/26 at 12:34pm surveyor requested to view temperature log of temperature checks before lunch was served. V22 (Cook) stated that he checked the temperatures before he served the lunch to residents, but he did not write them down anywhere. V22 stated that he is unable to provide me with a temperature log.On 02/20/26 at 12:34pm V15 (Dietary Manager) stated that V22 (Cook) should have taken the food temperatures before serving the food to the residents. V15 stated that the food temperatures should be taken to make sure that food is safe to serve to the residents. V15 stated that food temperature checks should be kept on a log.Facility policy titled Employee Health and Personal Hygiene) revised 09/17/23 documents in part, Policy: Food service employees shall maintain good personal hygiene and be free from communicable illnesses and infections while working in the facility. Procedure:. Hair restraints will be worn at all times. Beards should be well-trimmed and covered with an appropriate hair restraint. Personnel that are serving food on trays or for activities must wear gloves (continued on next page) 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) Previous Versions Obsolete Facility ID: If continuation sheet Page 1 of 3 Event ID: 145764 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 145764 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 02/21/2026 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Morgan Park Healthcare 10935 South Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60628 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)