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Inspection visit

Inspection

SHARON HEALTH CARE ELMSCMS #1460983 citations on this visit
3 citations recorded

Inspector’s narrative

What the inspector wrote

This survey cited 3 deficiencies. The full statement and the facility’s plan of correction follow, verbatim from the federal record.

F 0607 Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to immediately remove a staff member that was accused of abuse. This failure has the potential to affect all 73 residents who currently reside in the facility. Residents Affected - Many Findings Include: The Facility's Abuse Prevention Program dated 2011 documents This facility affirms the right of our residents to be free from abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation of resident property, corporal punishment, and involuntary seclusion. This facility therefore prohibits mistreatment, neglect or abuse of its residents, and has attempted to establish a resident sensitive and resident secure environment. The purpose of this policy is to assure that the facility is doing all that is within its control to prevent occurrences of mistreatment, neglect or abuse of our residents. The Abuse Prevention Program defines abuse as any physical or mental injury or sexual assault inflicted upon a resident other than by accidental means. Abuse is the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish. This also includes the deprivation by an individual, including a caretaker, of goods or services that are necessary to attain and/or maintain physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing, The Abuse Prevention Program defines neglect as the failure to provide, or willful withholding of, adequate medical care, mental health treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, personal care, or assistance with activities of daily living that is necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness of a resident. The Abuse Prevention Program documents Employees are required to report any incident, allegation or suspicion of potential abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment or misappropriation of resident property they observe, hear about, or suspect to the administrator immediately, or to an immediate supervisor who must then immediately report it to the administrator. In the absence of the administrator, reporting can be made to an individual who has been designated to act as administrator in the administrator's absence. The Abuse Prevention Program documents Employees of this facility who have been accused of abuse, neglect, exploitation. mistreatment or misappropriation of resident property will be removed from resident contact immediately until the results of the investigation have been reviewed by the administrator. On 11/1/23 at 9:00 AM R1 stated, (V4/Certified Nurse Aide) is so mean to me. I know she doesn't like me. She called me a fat a** and told me I am lazy. She said she shouldn't have to do so much for (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 4 Event ID: 146098 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 146098 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 11/03/2023 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Sharon Health Care Elms 3611 North Rochelle Peoria, IL 61604 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 0607 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm me, and she is sick of it. She is like this most days, I feel like I can't ask for help when she is here. She has refused to give me a shower and she has refused to change me. I have told (V2/Director of Nursing) about it, but (V4/CNA) hasn't changed one bit, she (V4) is here today. On 11/1/23 at 9:45 AM V4 Certified Nurse Aide was sitting at a dining room table with another resident. Residents Affected - Many On 11/1/23 at 1:30 PM V2 (Director of Nursing) stated Yes I spoke to (R1) yesterday (10/31/23) about (V4/CNA) I was going to discuss the situation with V3 (Social Service Director/Abuse Coordinator) today 11/1/23 to see if we need to investigate. V4 confirmed that what R1 was accusing V4 of what would be possible abuse and that V2 should have notified V3 (Social Service Director/Abuse Coordinator) immediately. V2 also confirmed that V4 worked 11/1/23 starting at 6:00 AM. V2 stated I didn't think to check to see if (V4/CNA) worked in the morning. On 11/1/23 V3 (Social Services Director/Abuse Coordinator) stated All the CNAs work together, they have assignments, but they cover everywhere there are residents. V4 (Certified Nurse Aide)'s timecard documents V4 clocked into work on 11/1/23 at 6:50 AM and clocked out at 11:04 AM. The Resident roster list 73 residents who currently reside in the facility. FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 146098 If continuation sheet Page 2 of 4 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 146098 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 11/03/2023 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Sharon Health Care Elms 3611 North Rochelle Peoria, IL 61604 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 0609 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to immediately report an allegation of abuse for one resident (R1) of three residents reviewed for abuse. Residents Affected - Few Findings Include: The Facility's Abuse Prevention Program dated 2011 documents This facility affirms the right of our residents to be free from abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation of resident property, corporal punishment, and involuntary seclusion. This facility therefore prohibits mistreatment, neglect or abuse of its residents, and has attempted to establish a resident sensitive and resident secure environment. The purpose of this policy is to assure that the facility is doing all that is within its control to prevent occurrences of mistreatment, neglect or abuse of our residents. The Abuse Prevention Program defines abuse as any physical or mental injury or sexual assault inflicted upon a resident other than by accidental means. Abuse is the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish. This also includes the deprivation by an individual, including a caretaker, of goods or services that are necessary to attain and/or maintain physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing, The Abuse Prevention Program defines neglect as the failure to provide, or willful withholding of, adequate medical care, mental health treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, personal care, or assistance with activities of daily living that is necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness of a resident. The Abuse Prevention Program documents Employees are required to report any incident, allegation or suspicion of potential abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment or misappropriation of resident property they observe, hear about, or suspect to the administrator immediately, or to an immediate supervisor who must then immediately report it to the administrator. In the absence of the administrator, reporting can be made to an individual who has been designated to act as administrator in the administrator's absence. On 11/1/23 at 9:00 AM R1 stated (V4/Certified Nurse Aide) is so mean to me. I know she doesn't like me. She called me a fat a** and told me I am lazy. She said she shouldn't have to do so much for me, and she is sick of it. She is like this most days, I feel like I can't ask for help when she is here. She has refused to give me a shower and she has refused to change me. I have told (V2/Director of Nursing) about it, but (V4/CNA) hasn't changed one bit. On 11/1/23 at 1:30 PM V2 (Director of Nursing) stated, Yes I spoke to (R1) yesterday (10/31/23) about (V4/CNA) I was going to discuss the situation with V3 (Social Service Director/Abuse Coordinator) today 11/1/23 to see if we need to investigate. V4 confirmed that what R1 was accusing V4 of would be possible abuse and that V2 should have notified V3 (Social Service Director/Abuse Coordinator) immediately. V2 also confirmed that V4 worked 11/1/23 starting at 6:00 AM. FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 146098 If continuation sheet Page 3 of 4 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 146098 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 11/03/2023 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Sharon Health Care Elms 3611 North Rochelle Peoria, IL 61604 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 0690 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. Based on record review and interview the facility failed to ensure a clinical indication for use of an indwelling catheter for one resident (R1) of three residents reviewed for catheters. Residents Affected - Few Findings Include: The Facility's Indwelling Catheter Insertion policy dated 03/00 documents Indications should be evaluated before insertion of an indwelling catheter and reevaluated quarterly. These indications are: the resident is in a coma or has terminal illness; a stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcer in an area affected by the incontinence; untreatable urethral blockage; the need for exact measurement of urine output; a history of being unable to void after having a catheter removed in the past or a resident with a quad or paraplegia who failed a past attempt to remove a catheter. On 11/1/23 at 9:00 AM R1 stated she had a catheter for a while so the girls wouldn't have to change me, but it kept getting infected so now I don't have one. Provider care notes by V10 (Nurse Practitioner) dated 5/30/23, 6/30/23 and 7/4/23 document The patient is requesting a(n) (Indwelling catheter) during today's visit. (V9/Doctor) has been notified, nurse awaiting a return call. V10's notes do not include any reasoning given by R1 for the request of a catheter and V10 also does not list any clinical indications for use of an indwelling catheter. R1's Telephone order dated 8/8/23 signed by V8 (Registered Nurse/Previous Director of Nursing) documents 16 fr (french) (catheter) with 10 cc (cubic centimeters) bulb. Change monthly. For Neuromuscular Dysfunction of the Bladder. R1's medical record did not contain any mention of Neuromuscular Dysfunction of the bladder prior to 8/8/23. On 11/1/23 at 1:30 PM V2 (RN/Director of Nursing) stated I would expect to see some sort of testing of how much urine stays in her bladder after she empties it with a new diagnosis of Neuromuscular Dysfunction of the Bladder. V2 confirmed that no such testing had been done on R1. V2 confirmed that R1 had no clinical indication for the use of the catheter. I see nothing in her (medical record) other than she wanted the catheter. FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 146098 If continuation sheet Page 4 of 4

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Citations

3 citations recorded*CMS

What do CMS severity letters mean?

Serious (G-L). Actual harm to a resident, or immediate jeopardy. Codes G through I indicate actual harm; J through L indicate immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety.

General (A-F). No actual harm found, or harm that is minimal. The facility must still submit a Plan of Correction. Most CMS citations land here.

Each letter combines severity with scope: how many residents the deficiency affected.

  • 0607GeneralS&S Fpotential for harm

    F607 - The facility must develop and implement written policies and procedures that:

    Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

  • 0609GeneralS&S Dpotential for harm

    F609 - The facility must develop and implement written policies and procedures that:

    Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  • 0690GeneralS&S Dpotential for harm

    F690 - Incontinence

    Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

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What happened during the November 3, 2023 survey of SHARON HEALTH CARE ELMS?

This was a inspection survey of SHARON HEALTH CARE ELMS on November 3, 2023. The surveyor cited 3 deficiencies, recorded on the federal Form 2567 statement of deficiencies.

Were any deficiencies cited at SHARON HEALTH CARE ELMS on November 3, 2023?

Yes, 3 deficiencies were cited, each with a CMS Scope and Severity grade. The first was: "Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft."

What type of survey was this?

This was a inspection survey conducted by state surveyors under federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight. Findings are published on CMS Care Compare.

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