F 0689
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to
prevent accidents.
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to prevent elopement for one of 3 sampled
residents (Resident 1 ) when he left the facility unaccompanied by staff.
Residents Affected - Few
This failure resulted in Resident 1 sustaining a fall, complained of neck and left knee pain and, verbalized
he hit his head.
Findings:
Resident 1 was admitted to the facility in October 2024 with diagnoses which included cognitive
impairment, dementia, difficulty in walking, and history of falling.
Resident 1's admission MDS (Minimum Data Set-an assessment tool), dated 10/29/24 documented
Resident 1 as having clear speech, sometimes able to understand others, sometimes able to make
self-understood and his Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) summary score as a 3 out of 15 (indicated
severe impairment). The MDS described Resident 1 as not having delirium or behavioral symptoms but as
having wandering behavior.
Review of Resident 1's Wandering Risk Assessment, dated 10/16/24 indicated Resident 1 as moderate risk
for wandering.
Review of a Progress Note dated 10/22/2024 at 5:05 p.m. indicated, Resident had an unwitnessed fall on
the pavement by the driveway outside the facility next door, he wandered outside looking for his wife.
Resident was in a W/C (wheelchair) but able to ambulate with 1 person assistance. Family had been in the
facility earlier to visit. Resident was a fall risk, and all precautions were in place, CNA had gotten resident
up from bed because he would not stay in bed, he kept getting out of bed, she positioned the resident
outside his room in the hallway for better visibility. Resident has not attempted to leave the facility before.
The nurses were attending to another resident who had a change of condition and managed to wheel
himself to the door by the lobby and during the commotion managed to ambulate across the street to the
next building driveway. Resident stated he was going home to his wife, he was assessed by Nurses and
writer, no injuries noted, resident alert x1 with confusion, verbally responsive, all extremities movable.
Resident c/o (complain of) neck pain and LLE knee pain, paramedics notified to transfer resident for he [sic]
ER for further evaluation .
Review of a Progress Note dated 10/22/2024 at 6:19 p.m. indicated, A man from the street approach the
discharge planner that there is a man with our name on his wrist band who is on the ground
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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:
555889
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
555889
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/30/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Mountain Manor Senior Residence
6101 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Carmichael, CA 95608
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
Residents Affected - Few
.Discharge planner and writer found the resident lying down on the drive way of the next-door facility.
Resident is on right side lying position with BLE [bilateral lower extremity] flex. Neuro assessment [checking
the functional status of the nervous system] started by the writer. Resident c/o of neck pain right away and
unable to explain pain level and verbalizing that he hit his head.
During an interview on 10/30/24 at 9:39 a.m. with the Administrator, he stated Resident 1 was sitting in his
W/C in front lobby area and got up and ambulated to the next-door facility. The Administrator stated
Resident 1 left when the nurses were attending to another resident who had a change of condition. The
Administrator stated staff have been monitoring him closely to avoid a fall as the resident had a history of
falls. The Administrator further stated Resident 1 had no previous incident of trying to wander outside the
facility.
A review of the facility ' s ' Elopements ' policy dated 12/2007 addressed investigating and reporting
elopements. The facility policy failed to address interventions that would be put in place to prevent residents
from episodes of elopement.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
555889
If continuation sheet
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