F 0578
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to
participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
record review and interview the facility failed to ensure advance directives for Resident #43 were accurately
and consistently noted throughout the resident's medical record. This affected one resident (#43) of one
resident reviewed for advance directives. The facility census was 62.
Findings included:
Review of medical record for Resident #43 with an admission date of 01/15/20 and diagnoses included
hemiplegia and hemiparesis following infarction affecting right dominant side, Parkinson's disease, atrial
fibrillation, and hypertension heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure.
Review of nursing notes dated 01/15/20 at 12:52 P.M. completed per Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #600
revealed Resident #43 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] and Resident #43's power of attorney signed
for Resident #43 to be a Do Not Resuscitate Comfort Care (DNRCC). Resident #43 Primary Care
Physician (PCP) #601 was notified, and the family was awaiting on the physician's arrival.
Review of form labeled, DNR Comfort Care located in Resident #43's chart revealed Resident #43's
authorized representative signed but did not date requesting Resident #43 to be a DNRCC. Resident #43's
Primary Care Physician (PCP) #601 signed the DNRCC form and dated the form 01/16/20. The form
indicated the following DNR protocol was effective immediately.
Review of admission Medicare five-day Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE] revealed Resident #43 had
impaired cognition.
Review of care plan for Resident #43 dated 01/29/20 revealed Resident #43 was a full code. Intervention
included review code status quarterly and as needed.
Review of physician orders for February 2020 revealed Resident #43 did not have a code status listed on
his physician orders.
Interview on 02/26/20 at 10:52 A.M. with Registered Nurse (RN)/ Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)
#602 revealed when a code status was not listed on the physician orders the resident was a full code. RN/
ADON #602 verified PCP #601 signed Resident #43's DNR comfort care form to have Resident #43 a DNR
Comfort Care (DNRCC) on 01/16/20. She verified the facility did not change Resident #43's code status in
his physician orders or in his care plan.
Review of facility policy labeled, Advance Directives dated 11/21/16 revealed the purpose of the
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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:
365642
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
365642
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
02/27/2020
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Country Club Ret Center I I I
925 E 26th St
Ashtabula, OH 44004
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 0578
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
policy was to recognize the resident's right to establish individual advance directives. The facility revealed
the resident's right to determine a DNR or full code status would be honored. The facility would offer
information about the DNR decision at the time of admission.
Residents Affected - Few
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
365642
If continuation sheet
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