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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
observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure resident safety by not placing foot
pedals on a resident's wheelchair while propelling the resident. This failure resulted in R1 experiencing a fall
from the wheelchair, facial lacerations to the forehead, eye, and nose requiring eleven sutures to close. The
facility also failed to implement fall prevention interventions according to R1's care plan. R1 is one of three
residents reviewed for accidents on a sample list of eight.
Findings include:
1. R1's Census Detail dated 6/10/25 documents R1 was admitted to the facility 1/19/17. This same Census
Detail documents R1 was at the hospital on 5/19/25.
R1 Medical Diagnoses List dated 6/10/25 documents R1 experienced health conditions including
Dementia, Morbid Obesity, Reduced Mobility, Need for Assistance with Personal Care, Anemia, Chronic
Respiratory Failure with Hypoxia, Lumbar Disc Displacement, Difficulty Walking, History of Cerebral
Vascular Accident, and Muscle Weakness.
R1's Fall Risk Assessments dated 5/6/25, 3/23/25, and 2/10/25 all document R1 is at high risk for falls.
R1's Minimum Data Set, dated [DATE] documents R1 received a Brief Interview for Mental Status of three,
indicating R1 was severely cognitively impaired. R1 could only repeat two of three words (sock, blue, bed)
provided by the tester, could not identify the correct year within 5 years, the correct month, nor the day of
the week. R1 could only recall one of the three provided words at the end of this interview. This same
Minimum Data Set documents R1 was dependent on staff for toileting, oral, and personal hygiene, as well
as lower body dressing, placing on footwear, transitioning from lying to sitting, and for mobility in a
wheelchair.
R1's Nursing Progress Note dated 4/22/25 at 5:11 AM documents R1 was found by staff face down beside
her bed. R1's Nursing Progress Note dated 3/22/25 at 10:57 PM documents R1 was found by staff on her
knees beside the bed exhibiting increased signs of confusion.
R1's Nursing Progress Note dated 5/15/25 at 11:41 AM documents R1 was very lethargic, was not
engaging in conversation nor eating independently and was seated in the assisted dining portion of the
dining room to receive staff assistance while eating.
R1's Nursing Progress Note dated 5/19/25 at 8:53 AM, documents R1 was being propelled by a staff
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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
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(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
145953
B. Wing
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(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
06/11/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Prairieview Lutheran Home
403 North Fourth Street
Danforth, IL 60930
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Level of Harm - Actual harm
Registered Nurse (V4) when R1 put her feet on the floor and fell forward out of the wheelchair. This same
Note documents staff did not have pedals in place on R1's wheelchair at the time. This Nurses Note
documents R1 experienced a facial laceration on the left side of her forehead, around the left eye, and on
the bridge of her nose. This note documets R1 was sent to the local emergency room for evaluation.
Residents Affected - Few
R1's Nursing Progress Note dated 5/19/25 at 1:53 PM documents R1 returned to the facility with an 8.5
centimeter laceration to her left forehead and 11 sutures in place, another 1 centimeter laceration under
R1's left eye, and a 0,5 centimeter laceration on the bridge of R1's nose.
R1's emergency room Report dated 5/19/25 documents and confirms R1 had experienced facial
lacerations of 8.5 centimeters on the left side of R1's forehead, 1 centimeter under R1's left eye, and 0.5
centimeters on the bridge of R1's nose. This same report documents closure of R1's lacerations required
11 sutures.
On 6/10/25 at 11:30 AM, V12, Physical Therapist, stated he did work with R1 as part of his skilled therapy
case load back in March (2025). V12 stated R1 could propel her own wheelchair at that time but did have
fluctuating mental and physical abilities, some good days and some bad days. V12 stated there was not a
facility wide policy to place wheelchair pedals on every resident's wheelchair because many residents could
still propel their own wheelchairs and the facility wanted to promote independence. V12 then stated there
was not a process to evaluate residents for their need to utilize foot pedals on their wheelchairs.
On 6/10/25 at 12:08 PM, V4, Registered Nurse, confirmed she was the staff member propelling R1 to
breakfast when R1 fell out of the wheelchair. V4 stated she did not put foot pedals on the wheelchair for R1
because R1 would still propel herself in the facility. V4 further stated R1 could move her own wheelchair but
could not necessarily locate her own room, or any intended destination, and often would come to the
nurses station and ask for someone to take her to her room. V4 stated R1 had not had prior problems
holding her legs and feet up while a staff member was propelling the wheelchair for R1. V4 then stated
there had been a prior nearly identical incident involving R8 about a year prior to the incident involving R1,
where R8 was being propelled by a staff member, put her feet on the floor, and then R8 fell face first out of
the wheelchair.
R1's Nursing Progress Note dated 6/22/24 at 5:30 PM confirms a kitchen staff member was propelling R1
from the dining room when R1 put her feet down and then tumbled face first onto the floor.
On 6/10/25 at 9:10 AM, R1 was lying in bed in her own room. R1 had a pale colored non-pigmented scar
on the left side of her forehead approximately 9 centimeters long curving around and beside R1's left eye,
with a shape like an inverted V (^) over her left eye. There was an area approximately 1 centimeter long of a
dark red scab at the peak shaped area over R1's left eye.
On 6/10/25 at 11:15 AM, V6, Certified Nursing Assistant, was propelling R4 through a carpeted hallway into
the dining room while R4 was holding his legs and feet up off the floor.
On 6/10/25 at 11:25 AM, V5, Spouse of R5, was propelling R5 through a carpeted hallway into the main
dining room while R5 was holding his legs and feet off the floor.
On 6/10/25 at 11:49 AM, V9, Housekeeper, was propelling R6 through a carpeted hallway from the dining
room and to the central nurses station. V9 stated he worked in the housekeeping department and
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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
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Event ID:
Facility ID:
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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
145953
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
06/11/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Prairieview Lutheran Home
403 North Fourth Street
Danforth, IL 60930
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)
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was responsible for cleaning resident rooms, hallways and the dining room. V9 stated he assisted residents
out of the dining room so he can get started cleaning the dining room.
Level of Harm - Actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
On 6/10/25 at 11:53 AM, V10, Spouse of R7, was propelling R7 along the carpeted hallway from the main
dining room and then outside of the facility while R7 was holding his legs and feet up off the floor.
On 6/11/25 at 8:35 AM, V11, Certified Nursing Assistant, was propelling R7 through a carpeted hallway to
the main dining room while R7 was holding his legs and feet up off the floor.
On 6/11/25 at 9:35 AM, V2, Director of Nursing, stated she had worked at the facility seven and one half
years and did have a recollection of the prior incident involving R8. V2 acknowledged there had not been a
process implemented after the incident with R8 to evaluate or assess residents for their need to utilize foot
pedals on their wheelchairs and stated she had been searching for an assessment tool after this incident
involving R1.
2. R1's Care Plan for fall prevention dated as initiated 3/14/22 documents R1 is at risk for falls due to
confusion, deconditioning, gait and balance problems, and is unaware of her safety needs. The fall
prevention interventions to be implemented by staff include to have R1's bed in the lowest position when R1
is in bed and to have a safety mat (padded floor mat) on the left side of the bed, dated as initiated 8/3/23
with a most recent revision on 3/24/25. These care plan fall prevention interventions were also included on
R1's Physician Order Sheets.
On 6/11/25 at 9:15 AM, R1 was lying in bed in her own room. R1's bed was not in the lowest position being
approximately 16 inches up from the floor. R1's safety mat was folded and leaning against the wall on the
opposite side of the room from R1's bed.
On 6/11/25 at 9:20 AM, V1, Administrator, observed these findings and simply made an audible growling
sound. V1 then instructed an (unidentified) Certified Nursing Assistant to go check R1's room because the
bed was not down and the mat was not by the bed.
On 6/11/25 at 9:35 AM, V2, Director of Nursing, when informed of the findings of R1's bed not being in the
lowest position and the safety mat not being in place, simply stated, Yeah.
On 6/11/25 at 1:44 PM, V13, Minimum Data Set Coordinator/ Care Plan Coordinator, confirmed the bed in
the lowest position and the safety mat are still current fall prevention interventions for R1.
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