F 0686
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
observation, record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure necessary treatment and services for
pressure ulcers was provided according to physician's orders for Resident #29. This affected one resident
(#29) of three residents reviewed for wounds. The facility census was 31.
Residents Affected - Few
Finding included:
Review of the medical record revealed Resident #29 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses
including Parkinson's disease, schizoaffective disorder, hypertension, COVID-19, repeated falls, cerebral
infarction, and major depressive disorder.
Review of the admission assessment dated [DATE] revealed Resident #29 was admitted with a red,
blanchable left hip and a bony right trochanter.
Review of the Braden scales dated 01/16/23, 02/07/23 and 05/03/23 revealed Resident #29 scored a seven
indicating she was at high risk for pressure ulcer development.
Review of the physician's orders revealed an order dated 01/16/23 for Resident #29 to wear heel boots as
tolerated, 01/17/23 order to apply foam dressing to the left ischium every morning for skin integrity and
02/20/23 order for Resident #29 to be turned and repositioned every two hours and as needed every shift
for preventative care.
Review of the plan of care, revised 02/06/23 revealed Resident #29 was admitted to the facility with a
pressure ulcer and Hospice care and had the potential for further skin breakdown because she required
assist with mobility and was incontinent. Interventions included air mattress to the bed (03/22/23), notify the
nurse of any skin abnormalities, wear heel boots as tolerated, weekly skin checks, apply barrier cream,
float heels when in bed if resident allows, turn and reposition every two hours an as needed, and provide
incontinence care after each episode.
Review of the quarterly Minimum Data Set 3.0 assessment dated [DATE] revealed Resident #29 had
severely impaired cognition, required extensive assistance from two staff members for bed mobility,
transfers, dressing, toilet use and one staff member for eating and personal hygiene. Resident #29 was
always incontinent of bladder and bowel, had a prognosis of less than six months and was at risk of
pressure ulcer development.
Review of the wound assessments dated 03/06/23 through 05/11/23 revealed Resident #29 was being
monitored for skin breakdown to her coccyx/sacrum, left lower buttock/ischium, left hip/trochanter and right
lateral foot. Resident #29 had end-stage disease.
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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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Event ID:
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Department of Health & Human Services
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
366280
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
05/23/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
St Luke Lutheran Community-Portage Lakes
615 Latham LN
Akron, OH 44319
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 0686
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Review of the nurse's note dated 03/08/23 at 1:18 P.M. revealed the nurse spoke with the social worker
from hospice and asked her to ask the hospice nurse for an air mattress order due to Resident #29's left
trochanter wound and the hospice social worker stated she would speak to the nurse and get it ordered for
the facility.
Review of the physician's orders dated 03/11/23 revealed Resident #29 had an order to apply skin prep and
a silicone foam dressing to the left ischium every third day and as needed for skin integrity.
Review of the nurse's note dated 03/13/23 at 2:45 P.M. revealed the nurse asked the hospice nurse on
3/10/23 for an air mattress for the resident and the hospice nurse stated to this nurse that hospice would
not cover the cost of an air mattress, the resident did not meet the qualifications, and the resident had a gel
overlay mattress. The Director of Nursing (DON) was notified.
Review of the nurse's note dated 03/13/23 at 4:08 P.M. revealed the nurse called hospice and requested an
air mattress for Resident #29. They stated they would have one delivered the next day.
Review of the physician's orders dated 03/16/23 revealed Resident #29 had an order for an air mattress to
the bed.
Review of the physician's orders dated 03/27/23 revealed Resident #29 had an order to cleanse the
sacrum, left buttock cheek and left hip with normal saline, apply calcium alginate with silver and
Medi-honey, and cover with border foam dressing every day and as needed.
Review of the physician's order dated 05/03/23 revealed Resident #29 had orders to cleanse the sacrum,
left buttock cheek and left hip with normal saline, apply calcium alginate and Medi-honey, skin prep to the
peri-wound and cover with border foam dressing every day and as needed and to cleanse the right foot
planter with normal saline, apply collagen with silver and Medi honey, cover with abdominal dressing and
wrap with kerlix every day and as needed.
Review of the Treatment Administration Record (TAR), dated May 2023, revealed the orders dated 05/03/23
for treatments to the sacrum, left buttock cheek, left hip and right foot coincided with the physician orders
dated 05/03/23. All of these orders were documented as being completed from 05/03/23 through 05/17/23
on the TAR.
Observation on 05/18/23 at 1:15 P.M. with Hospice Aide (HA) #100 who was providing care to Resident #29
revealed Resident #29 had a dressing to her left hip, left buttock and right foot all dated 05/15/23. The
dressing to the coccyx was not visible due to Resident #29 wearing a brief.
Observation and record review on 05/18/23 at 1:20 P.M. with Agency Registered Nurse (ARN) #101
revealed Resident #29 had an order for her wound dressings to be changed daily and as needed. ARN
#101 verified at this time the dressing to her left buttock, left hip and right foot were dated 05/15/23 and the
dressing to the coccyx did not have a date on it as to when it had last been changed.
On 05/18/23 at 2:05 P.M. an interview with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #102 revealed she completed
wound rounds with the Wound Nurse Practitioner (NP) every Thursday, however, Resident #29 was on
hospice, so the wound NP would not see her. LPN #102 stated Resident #29's wound treatments had been
ordered every three days, but the orders changed to daily on 05/03/23 per the daughter's request. LPN
#102 stated there must have been a miscommunication because Resident #29's wound treatments were
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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
366280
If continuation sheet
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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
366280
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
05/23/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
St Luke Lutheran Community-Portage Lakes
615 Latham LN
Akron, OH 44319
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 0686
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
not getting done daily. LPN #102 stated she was trying to get to all residents with wounds, but she was only
one person and the facility only had two staff nurses and the rest were agencies. LPN #102 verified the
nurses should have seen that the order in the computer was changed to daily dressing changes and
completed Resident #29's treatments daily.
On 05/22/23 at 11:45 A.M. an interview with LPN #102 revealed she had asked the hospice for an air
mattress, and it took them a week to give the facility an order for it.
On 05/22/23 at 1:15 P.M. an interview with Family Member #801 revealed she had visited the facility on
05/02/23 and had concerns related to the resident's wound care. The family member indicated her mother's
(Resident #29) room had a foul odor when she walked into the room and the wound dressings were dated
04/25/23.
This deficiency represents non-compliance investigated under Complaint Number OH00142643.
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