F 0689
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
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, medical record review, and facility P&P review, the facility failed to provide the necessary services
and adequate supervision for one of two sampled residents (Resident 1) to prevent the elopement.
* The facility failed to ensure the front door alarm was activated when no one was monitoring the front
entrance, resulting in Resident 1 going out of the facility undetected. This failure had the potential to
negatively impact the resident's well-being.
Findings:
Review of the facility's P&P titled Emergency Procedure - Missing Resident revised 8/2018 showed the
residents at risk for wandering and/or elopement will be monitored, and the staff will take necessary
precautions to ensure their safety.
Medical record review for Resident 1 was initiated on 4/29/24. Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on
[DATE], and readmitted to the facility on [DATE].
Review of Resident 1's Change in Condition Evaluation dated 1/27/24, showed Resident 1 was found in the
facility's parking lot walking around with stable gait. Resident 1 was redirected to go inside the facility and
cooperative.
Review of Resident 1's Elopement Risk assessment dated [DATE], showed yes to these following
questions:
- If Resident 1 paces, wanders, tries to get out of the door, finds family or friends, perceives they need to be
doing something other than what they are doing.
- If Resident 1 is at risk for elopement.
Review of Resident 1's Care Plan initiated on 1/27/24, showed a care plan problem addressing Resident
1's risk for wandering and elopement. The interventions included to monitor the resident closely and keep
the environment safe.
Review of Resident 1's MDS dated [DATE], showed Resident 1 had severe cognitive impairment.
Review of Resident 1's Psychological Progress Notes dated 4/3/24, showed Resident 1 was pacing in the
hallways, liked to walk and see what other people were doing, and then kept himself busy by
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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)
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Facility ID:
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Event ID:
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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
555445
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/30/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Anaheim Crest Nursing Center
3067 W Orange Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92804
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
watching TV.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Review of Resident 1's Progress Notes dated 4/20/24 at 2100 hours, showed at 1930 hours, Resident 1
was seen in the front lobby watching TV and assisted back to the room. Resident 1 was offered snacks and
adjusted comfortably in bed with the call light within reach. However, at 2100 hours, during the evening med
pass, Resident 1 was noted not in his room.
Residents Affected - Few
Review of Resident 1's Change in Condition Evaluation dated 4/20/24 at 2232 hours, showed the charge
nurse was doing rounds and noted Resident 1 was not in his room. The facility initiated the room/restroom
checks and was not able to find Resident 1. The facility initiated a Code Yellow (a term used to indicate an
emergency procedure for a missing resident) and searched the facility and surrounding areas.
Review of Resident 1's Hospital H&P Examination dated 4/21/24 at 0109 hours, showed Resident 1
presented with altered mental status and was found in the parking lot with soft restraints on his wrist.
Further review of the hospital's notes showed Resident 1 had a localized abrasion to his right periorbital
(around the eye) area with surrounding swelling.
Review of Resident 1's Skin/Wound Note dated 4/25/24, showed Resident 1 was seen by the wound
physician. Resident 1 had the right lateral eyebrow laceration, measuring 3 cm (length) x 0.5 cm (width)
with six sutures and the right cheek trauma wound (abrasion), measuring 1 cm x 5 cm, with dry scab.
On 4/29/24 at 0904 hours, an interview was conducted with the Maintenance Director. The Maintenance
Director stated the facility had door alarms on all the facility exit doors. The Maintenance Director stated the
doors could be opened from the inside but could not be opened from the outside. The Maintenance Director
stated the nursing staff or the janitor was responsible for locking and turning on the alarm for the front
entrance door between 1930 to 2000 hours.
On 4/29/24 at 1052 hours, an interview was conducted with LVN 2. LVN 2 stated Resident 1 could walk by
himself and would sometimes walk in the hallway outside the room and sit next to the lobby door but had
not tried to exit the facility before. LVN 2 verified Resident 1 would wander in the facility and stated Resident
1 was not an elopement risk. LVN 2 stated after Resident 1 eloped, Resident 1 had a new injury to the
eyebrow area upon returning to the facility.
On 4/29/24 at 1122 hours, an interview and concurrent medical record review was conducted with RN 1.
RN 1 stated Resident 1 could ambulate independently. RN 1 reviewed Resident 1's elopement evaluation
conducted on 1/27/24, and verified Resident 1 was at risk for elopement. RN 1 stated Resident 1 would
walk and sit in the front lobby. RN 1 stated they monitored Resident 1 with visual checks. RN 1 stated she
was not aware if Resident 1 had attempted to leave the facility prior to 4/20/24. RN 1 stated Resident 1
returned to the facility after elopement with a new laceration to his right eyebrow with sutures and an
abrasion to his right cheek.
On 4/29/24 at 1203 hours, an interview was conducted with LVN 1. LVN 1 stated she was the charge nurse
for Resident 1 on the day he eloped from the facility on 4/20/24. LVN 1 stated Resident 1 would walk
independently; and after dinner, she saw Resident 1 in the lobby watching TV at 1930 hours. LVN 1 stated
she asked Resident 1 to go back to his room and he was adjusted in bed with the bedside table across him
so he could eat. LVN 1 stated when she started passing her medication at 2100 hours, she checked
Resident 1's room and Resident 1 was not there. LVN 1 stated they searched for Resident 1 and called a
Code Yellow. LVN 1 stated Resident 1 had not tried to leave the facility in the past
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FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
555445
If continuation sheet
Page 2 of 3
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
555445
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
04/30/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Anaheim Crest Nursing Center
3067 W Orange Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92804
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 - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
and did not consider Resident 1 at risk for elopement. LVN 1 stated she was responsible for turning on the
alarm and locking the front entrance door and she would set the alarm on at 2000 hours or 2100 hours.
LVN 1 verified she had not set the front entrance door alarm on that day when Resident 1 eloped through
the front entrance door. LVN 1 stated no one was monitoring the front entrance door at the time Resident 1
eloped from the facility.
Residents Affected - Few
On 4/29/24 at 1306 hours, an interview was conducted with CNA 1. CNA 1 stated Resident 1 could walk
around independently and would seldomly walk around to the dining room, hallways, and lobby. CNA 1
stated Resident 1 had not attempted to leave the facility prior and was not an elopement risk.
On 4/29/24 at 1420 hours, an interview and concurrent medical record review was conducted with the
DON. The DON stated Resident 1 would independently walk around and had episodes of wandering. The
DON stated Resident 1 wandered into the facility parking lot on 1/27/24. The DON verified Resident 1 was
a risk for elopement which was first identified on 1/27/24. The DON stated the interventions for preventing
elopement were visual monitoring and the door alarms prior to Resident 1's elopement. The DON was
notified of the interviewed staff not aware of Resident 1's previous wandering episode to the facility parking
lot and the facility staff did not consider Resident 1 at risk for elopement. The DON stated she would need
to in-service the staff. The DON verified Resident 1 had exited through the front entrance door after 1800
hours when no one was monitoring the front lobby.
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Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
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