F 0689
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to
prevent accidents.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide individualized fall interventions and
provide safe access for communication/response to resident's requests for care. This failure affects one
resident (R5) of five residents reviewed for fall interventions in the sample of five.
Findings include:
The facility's Fall Prevention Program/Protocol dated Revised 2/1/23, documents based on previous
evaluations and current data, staff will identify interventions related to resident's specific risks to prevent
resident from falling; new admissions will be reviewed for fall history and interventions put in place prior to
admission to the facility; and rounds will be completed at least daily to ensure fall intervention remain in
place.
R5's Nursing Progress Notes dated 11/15/23 at 7:20 PM, documents R5 arrived to the facility by
ambulance from the hospital, oriented to self only, resident up walking in halls, gait unsteady. This same
progress note documents significant physical therapist findings for R5 which include: weakness, decreased
endurance, decreased strength, decreased cognition, impaired balance and impaired gait that leads to
impaired ability to perform functional transfers and ambulation.
R5's undated Face Sheet documents R5's diagnoses as: Metabolic Encephalopathy, Alcoholic Cirrhosis of
Liver with Ascites, Unspecified Dementia, unspecified severity, without Behavioral disturbance, Psychotic
Disturbance, Mood Disturbance and Anxiety, [NAME] Matter Disease, unspecified, Fracture of one rib, left
side, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing, Emphysema, unspecified, Moderate
protein-calorie Malnutrition, Pulmonary Fibrosis, unspecified.
R5's Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], documents R5 is not cognitively intact with inattention and
disorganized thinking.
R5's Post Acute Care Transition Document dated 11/15/23, documents Lovenox (anticoagulant injections)
through 11/15/23 and R5 needs Fall Precautions at the Skilled Nursing Facility.
R5's Care Plan dated 11/29/23, documents R5 has impaired cognitive function/dementia related to
Dementia and impaired decision making. This same care plan documents R5 is at risk for falls related to
cognitive impairment, dementia, unsteady gait, pain, weakness, history of falls prior to admission.
On 11/29/23 at 11:35 AM, R5 lying in bed. When asked R5 question R5 would say okay and then repeated
the question, being unable to communicate relevant responses. Call light at the end of R5's bed
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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)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Facility ID:
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Event ID:
145862
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
145862
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
12/05/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Hilltop Skilled Nsg & Rehab
910 West Polk Street
Charleston, IL 61920
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 - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
hanging towards the floor, not within R5's reach. No other fall interventions observed in R5's room. On
11/29/23 at 1:05 PM, R5 lying in bed, R5's call light, appears in the same place as when observed at 11:35
AM, not within R5's reach. On 11/29/23 at 2:49 PM, R5 lying in bed, R5's call light, appears in the same
place as when observed at 11:35 AM. R5 lying in bed, call light not within R5's reach. On 11/29/23 at 11:35
AM, 1:05 PM, and 2:49 PM, R5's room was observed having one bed, one bedside table, one chair, and a
walker in R5's room. No other devices, accessories, or appliances observed in R5's room. At these same
times, R5's call light was at the end of R5's bed hanging towards the floor, not within R5's reach.
On 11/29/23 at 1:53 PM, V7 Registered Nurse (RN) stated there are no fall interventions in place in R5's
room. On 11/29/23 at 1:59 PM, V6 Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) stated there are no fall interventions in
place in R5's room. There were no fall interventions documented in R5's medical record related to specific
risks to prevent R5 from falling.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
145862
If continuation sheet
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