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 ensure two staff members completed a mechanical lift
transfer for one of three (R1) residents reviewed for accidents in a sample list of three residents. This failure
resulted in R1 injuring R1's leg during a transfer and suffering a femur fracture requiring hospitalization and
retrograde nailing.
Findings include:
The Facility's Mechanical Lift Policy, dated 5/26/2009, documents when using a mechanical lift for transfers
two staff members need to be present.
R1's Minimum Data Set (MDS), dated [DATE], documents R1 is severely cognitively impaired.
R1's care plan, dated 11/27/24, documents R1 transfers with a mechanical lift and assistance of two
people.
R1's Nurse Progress Note, dated 1/6/25 at 2:30 AM, documents R1 began yelling to get up around 12:15
AM, V6, Certified Nursing Assistant, assisted R1 out of the bed with a mechanical lift and transferred R1 to
her wheelchair. The Note documents R1 was brought out to the nurses' station around 1:00 AM and R1
began yelling and screaming that her leg hurt. V7, Licensed Practical Nurse, documented R1 was unable to
move her right lower extremity independently and it appeared displaced. The Note documents when given
medications around 7:00 PM, R1 was in normal mood without pain. There was no trauma or injury to
affected area, no recent fall, and no popping sounds within the shift. V7 further documented 911 was called
around 1:30 AM, and R1 was sent to the emergency room.
R1's x-ray report, dated 1/6/25, documents oblique displaced fracture of the distal right femur.
The Hospital Discharge summary, dated [DATE], documents R1 underwent a retrograde nailing on 1/6/25 to
repair R1's fractured femur.
On 2/26/25 at 10:35 AM, V6, Certified Nursing Assistant, stated on 1/6/25, R1 was yelling out that she
needed to go to the bathroom. Using the mechanical lift (sit to stand lift), V6 assisted R1 up out of the bed
and transferred her to her wheelchair. V6 stated R1 was complaining of pain once she got in the wheelchair.
V6 stated she took R1 to the nurse's station where the nurse assessed R1 and sent her to the emergency
room because her right leg did not look right.
On 2/26/25 at 12:50 PM, V7, licensed Practical Nurse, stated she came into work at 6:00 PM on
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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:
146148
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
146148
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
02/26/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Arc at Hickory Point
565 West Marion Avenue
Forsyth, IL 62535
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
1/6/25. V7 stated she gave R1 her evening medications between 7:00-8:00 PM. R1 was sitting up in her
chair and went to bed like normal. V7 stated R1 woke up around 1:00 AM, yelling to get out of bed, V6,
Certified Nursing Assistant, went to R1's room and assisted R1 out of bed using the mechanical lift, and
brought her out to the nurse's station in R1's wheelchair. R1 was screaming and yelling that her leg was
hurting. V7 stated she assessed R1, and her right leg looked like it was dangling, and V7 could tell with R1
sitting in the chair that her leg looked displaced. V7 stated, I can't say that (R1) was transferred incorrectly
because I was not in the room during the transfer. We placed (R1) in her bed to get her ready before the
ambulance arrived, and (R1's) leg was clearly displaced and paramedics gave (R1) pain medications prior
to leaving for the emergency room.
R1's Incident Report, dated 1/10/25, documents R1 had not had any recent falls or injuries in the facility.
On 2/26/25 at 11:45 AM, V8, Family Member, stated he never received answers as to what happened to R1
on 1/6/25 from the facility. V8 stated his concern was R1 went to bed fine, and then at 1:00 AM, R1 was
screaming and in pain stating her leg hurt. V8 stated he spoke with V9, Orthopedic surgeon, at the hospital,
and he stated R1 had a spiral fracture of her right femur and felt like it may have been caused during R1's
transfer at the facility.
On 2/26/25 at 1:25 PM, V9, Orthopedic Surgeon, stated he may have told R1's son the facility transferred
R1 incorrectly, but he doesn't like to put information or opinions out there that can be used against a facility.
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