F 0689
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
Residents Affected - Few
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to
prevent accidents.
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that each resident received adequate supervision
and assistance devices to prevent accidents for 1 of 1 residents (Resident #1) reviewed for supervision:The
facility failed to put effective measures in place to prevent Resident #1 from eloping. Resident #1 was found
outside the facility across the street in the parking lot of the convenience store on Saturday, 11/12/25 at
7:45 AM. The facility had a plan in place to monitor the front door, but the lock was not working to prevent
Resident #1's elopement. The noncompliance was identified as PNC. The IJ began on 11-12-2025 and
ended on 11-14-2025. The facility had corrected the noncompliance before the survey began.The findings
included:Record review of Resident #1s chart reflected he was a [AGE] year-old male admitted to the
facility on [DATE] and re-admitted on [DATE] with a diagnosis of acute respiratory failure with hypercapnia,
unspecified dementia, unspecified severity, with other behavioral disturbance. Record review of the MDS
dated [DATE] reflected Resident #1 had a BIMS score of 10, indicating cognitive impairment, ambulating in
a wheelchair and risk of elopement. Record review of the Care plan for Resident #1, dated 9/13/2025,
reflected that Resident #1 was an elopement risk/wanderer and has a lack of understanding of the need for
inpatient services. The resident has impaired cognitive function/dementia or impaired. thought processes
related to orientation. status of to self and the location only, short and long-term memory issues. This was
care planned before the elopement. In an interview on 11/19/2025 at 10:59 AM with the DM, the DM stated
that doors are checked weekly. The DM said there were mag locks on the front and back doors. Resident #1
has a code alert bracelet, so when he gets close to the door, the alarm goes off and the door locks. The DM
said on 11-12-2025, around 7:45 AM, Resident #1 made it to the front door. The alarm went off, but the
door did not lock . The DM said the door when the door was inspected on 11-10-25, the door was working.
DM said after Resident #1 left the facility, the door was checked, and the magnets on the lock were not
lining up because the screw had come loose, causing the door not to lock. After the incident, the door was
repaired the same day. In an interview on 11/19/2025 at 11:12 AM with the SW, SW said she heard the
alarm going off at 7:45 AM, and she immediately went to the closest nurses' station to find out which door
the alarm was going off at. The SW was told it was the front door where the alarm was going off, and
Resident #1 was not in their room. The SW went out the front door to look for Resident #1 and saw he was
across the street at the convenience store. The street was not busy at the time and the speed limit was
unknown. Resident #1 was away from the facility for approximately 15 minutes. The SW stated she brought
Resident #1 back to the facility. In an interview on 11/19/2025 at 12:12 PM with the AD, she said on
11-12-2025 at 7:50 AM, she stopped by the convenience store before work and saw Resident #1 in the
parking lot. The AD stated there was some gravel in the parking lot, and Resident #1 was stuck in his
wheelchair. The AD said she helped Resident #1 get the wheelchair unstuck and left. The AD did not know
Resident #1 was an elopement risk. AD said there
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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
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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Facility ID:
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Event ID:
455785
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
455785
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
11/20/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Avir at Western Hills
512 Draper Dr
Temple, TX 76504
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 - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
Residents Affected - Few
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
are some residents who were allowed to go to the convenience store. When she was leaving, the SW was
coming out of the facility and came to get Resident #1 and took him back to the facility. In an interview on
11/19/2025 at 12:30 PM with the ADM, the ADM stated there was no specific policy/procedure for what to
do when the alarm goes off. They had a policy if a resident leaves the building, the ADM stated a resident
with a code system alert bracelet who went outside without supervision could get injured.In an interview on
11/20/2025 at 9:50 AM with the CMA. The CMA stated if she hears the door alarm go off, she will go to the
nurses' station to look at the control box and find out which door was opened. Then she will check the room
of the resident with a code alert bracelet on. The CMA knows which residents have a code alert bracelet on
because there were only two in the facility. The CMA will then go find the resident. The CMA stated when
she sees a resident with a code alert bracelet going to the door, she will redirect them. The CMA said if a
resident with a code alert bracelet makes it outside, they could be hit by a car, fall and get injured, or tip out
of the wheelchair. The CMA stated she was in-serviced on elopements last week.In an interview on
11/20/2025 at 10:30 AM with the LVN, the LVN said when the alarm goes off, she will try to find the
resident. The LVN said that when a resident with a code-alert bracelet gets close to the door, the door
alarm goes off and should lock. When they cross the barrier, the alarm goes off. The LVN said they check
the control box at the nurses' station to see what door was open, then she will go find the resident. LVN
said that she works with Residnet #1 and if she sees him going to to the door she will redirect him. The
resident was then assessed for injuries. The ADM was made aware of the incident. She said that she has
been in-service on elopement and what she is supposed to do if a resident elopes from the facilityRecord
reviewResident Monitoring System log for residents with the wandering system revealed the test done on
11-10-2025, which showed the door was working. The test was completed weekly and daily since the
elopement on 11-12-2025, after Resident #1 left the facility, showing that the door was not working. The
facility took the following PNC Corrective actions before the surveyor's entrance: The facility was repaired
on 11-13-2025 by [NAME] Fire and Safety before the investigation. The facility had in-service training on
elopement with all staff in the facility and the training was signed by all staff prior to the investigation being
done on 11/19/2024 MD has been checking the door daily since the incident took place on 11/12/2025 to
make sure the door is working and that residents with. The facility policy on Wandering and Elopements is
as follows. The policy does not have a date when it was updated. The resident with a risk of wandering will
be identified in the care plan with strategies and interventions. If an employee should prevent them from
leaving, they and get help if needed.
Event ID:
Facility ID:
455785
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