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Inspection

Bay Ridge Healthcare CenterCMS #6750521 citation on this visit
1 citation recorded

Inspector’s narrative

What the inspector wrote

This survey cited 1 deficiency, 1 of them serious (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full statement and the facility’s plan of correction follow, verbatim from the federal record.

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 observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure the resident environment remained as free of accident hazards as possible and that each resident received adequate supervision to prevent accidents for 1 out of 3 residents (Resident #1) reviewed for adequate supervision.The facility failed to ensure that each resident receives adequate supervision and assistive devices to prevent accidentsThis noncompliance was identified as Past Non-Compliance Immediate Jeopardy (IJ). The IJ began on 8/21/25 and ended on 8/31/25. The facility corrected the noncompliance by having implemented actions that corrected the non-compliance prior to surveyor entrance. This failure could expose residents living in the facility to safety and accident hazards.Resident #1 was a [AGE] year-old male who admitted to the facility on [DATE] and re-admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses that include Anoxic Brain Damage (a brain injury that occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen, which can lead to confusion, speech and vision problems, loss of consciousness, and long-term issues like tremors, memory loss, and difficulty with motor skills) Schizoaffective (a severe mental health condition that combines symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions, with a mood disorder like bipolar disorder or depression) and Anxiety Disorder (any of a group of mental conditions characterized by excessive fear of or apprehension about real or perceived threats, leading to altered behavior and often to physical symptoms such as increased heart rate or muscle tension). Record review of Resident #1's quarterly MDS dated [DATE] revealed a BIM score of 2 which indicated severe cognitive impairment. Resident #1 could ambulate without assistance with any mobility devices. Resident #1 uses a Wander/elopement alarm daily. Record review of Resident #1's care plan dated 8/7/24 revised on 8/25/25 addressed wandering, read I have been evaluated as a wandering risk r/t decreased safety awareness, confusion and wandering behavior and require the use of a wander guard for safety. Interventions included: I will remain free of injuries associated with wandering behaviors through this review period and check my location frequently. Resident #1's initial wandering evaluation conducted on 8/5/24 indicated he was not a wandering risk. Record review of Resident #1's nursing progress note dated 8/21/25 written by (staff ID) read @ (at) or around 2300 {11:00 PM}, [city] Police knocked on the door and informed this writer that a young male was looking around and messing with the neighbor's belongings and asked if he is a resident of the facility. This writer informed them yes and returned inside the facility with the resident. Upon assessing resident, no injuries were noted and no s/s of pain and/or distress noted at present time. This writer notified RP and DON. Will cont. to monitor. Record review of the facility incident report dated 8/21/25 read in part.Brief narrative summary of the reportable incident: During night shift rounds resident was observed in bed sleeping at 10:15pm. At 11:05pm resident was at front door awaiting to be let in. Resident had wander guard on at time of incident. Resident returned by the local police was found across the street away from the facility for approximately 20 minutes. Resident assessed and no injuries were noted. Resident #1 (continued on next page) 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: If continuation sheet Page 1 of 4 Event ID: 675052 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 675052 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 11/13/2025 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Bay Ridge Healthcare Center 208 South Utah LA Porte, TX 77571 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 placed on one-on-one monitoring. RP DON, Administrator notified. Elopement in-service started immediatelySide Door Code changed immediately. Smoking policy and instruction to ensure door security. Interview on 11/6/25 at 9:57 am with Resident #1's Family Member said was notified that Resident #1 eloped. She said the facility had suggested a transfer to a secure location after the elopement, but she did not want the transfer. Observation and interview on 11/6/25 at 10:40 a.m., Resident #1 lying in his bed awake, groomed and presenting no odors or visible injuries. When asked how he was doing, he said fine. No additional questions, including questions about the elopement, were not answered. Observation and Interview on 11/6/25 at 9:25 a.m., the DON said that through the facility investigation, they found that Resident #1 eloped due to Resident #2 propping the door open when she went out to smoke. She said there was no police report filed that the police officer just brought him back to the facility and the police were contacted by a household across the street. She added that Resident #1 was assessed and had no injuries. She said they placed him on one-on-one monitoring. Educated Resident #2 on propping the doors open and performed audit checks on all residents with wander guards. All staff were in-services on elopements, supervision, and smoking rules. She said that the facility had a meeting and believed there was a PIP but would wait for the Administrator to provide that information. The DON was asked to show the area and route Resident #1 eloped to and the door that was propped open at the time was observed, the route and house that Resident #1 eloped to was directly across the street. Interview with the Administrator on 11/6/25 at 11:15 am, she stated that through the facility investigation, they found that Resident #1 eloped due to Resident #2 propping the door open when she went out to smoke. She said Resident #1 was assessed and had no injuries no police report was filed the police officer returned the Resident #1. She said they placed him on one-on-one monitoring. Educated Resident #2 on propping the doors open and performed audit checks on all residents with wander guards. All staff were in-serviced on elopements, supervision, and smoking rules. She said they checked all doors for malfunctioning alarms and there were no issues found, she said the facility hired a new maintenance director, but that person had not started yet. She said that the facility also changed codes to all doors with keypads, in-serviced staff on entry and exit to the facility, making sure the door was completely closed and the staff would have to punch a key code in to allow entrance back into the facility. She said that the facility performed a PIP and would provide the surveyor with all documentation. Observation and interview on 11/13/25 at 11:45 a.m. Resident #2 was in her room, sitting in bed eating dry cereal. She said that she was trained in safe smoking including propping doors. She denied doing propping the door open and said that she remembered something about Resident #1 eloping but did not remember the details. Interview on 11/13/25 at 1:21 p.m., with the Administrator and Director of Clinical Operations added to the interview via telephone at 1:38 pm confirming Performance Improvement Plan on 8/23/25 8/31/25 to ongoing which was attended by the Administrator, DON, and Medical Director. Record review of facility's elopement policy dated revised 1.17.18, 6/23/25; 7/1/25, entitled Wanderer Management, Monitoring System & Resident Elopement Protocol read in part. Purpose:To monitor safety of residents at risk for elopement.to provide a system to alert staff that a resident may be attempting to leave the facility.Policy.It is the policy of this facility that all residents are afforded adequate supervision to provide the safest environment possible.Responsibility.All staff is responsible to ensure resident safety. On 11/13/25 at 1:21 p.m., the Administrator was notified of past noncompliance IJ. A plan of removal was not requested. An IJ template was provided on 11/13/25 at 1:21 pm to the administrator in person and via email with signature requested. The facility implemented the following interventions prior to the surveyor : Record review of the facility completed a Performance Improvement Plan dated 8/23/25 to 8/31/25 to (continued on next page) FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 675052 If continuation sheet Page 2 of 4 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 675052 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 11/13/2025 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Bay Ridge Healthcare Center 208 South Utah LA Porte, TX 77571 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 which was attended by the Administrator, DON, and Medical Director indicated the following topics were discussed:1. Elopement wandering/leaving the facility training.2. Abuse/neglect training,3. Resident right rights training4. Updated the elopement book and care plans.5. Audit and maintenance check of all residents with wander guards Performance improvement plan with immediate intervention which included:1. Head count,2. Resident returned to facility within 20 minutes and immediately placed on one-on one monitoring by staff.3. Medical Director/RP notified4. Head to assessment completed5. Wandering/elopement evaluation for resident #1-updated.6. Audit on all residents to identify residents at risk for elopement. 7. All smokers re-trained about smoking policy including not to prop doors open. 8. All staff trained on monitoring/supervision and assuring doors are not ajar when smokers go out to smoke. Record review of one-on-one monitoring dated 8/22/25 through 8/25/25 revealed Resident #1 received one-one monitoring from 8/22/25 through 8/25/25. Record review of the Elopement wandering/leaving the facility training in-services dated 8/23/25-8/25 indicated all staff attended the in-services indicated they were in-serviced on abuse and neglect, monitoring/supervision residents, responsibilities to monitor doors on both shifts to insure they are closed, the change of codes to doors and that no one other than staff are allowed to have the codes to doors, elopement policy and procedure, supervision or residents who smoke, wander guard residents monitoring and procedures. Interviews conducted on 11/6/25, 11/12-11/13/25 from various times throughout the investigation the Administrator, AIT, DON, Director of Clinical Operations, the Activity Director, The Social Worker, LVN A, LVN B, RN A, CNA B, CNA C, Med Aide A, The Shower Aide, The Dietary Manager, [NAME] and Kitchen Aide with indicated they were in-serviced on abuse and neglect, resident rights, monitoring/supervision residents, responsibilities to monitor doors on both shifts to insure they are closed, the change of codes to doors and that no one other than staff are allowed to have the codes to doors, elopement policy and procedure, supervision or residents who smoke, wander guard residents monitoring and procedures. Record review of the Abuse/neglect training in-service dated 8/22/25-8/26/25 revealed all staff received in-services on Abuse and Neglect. Interviews conducted on 11/6/25, 11/12-11/13/25 from various times throughout the investigation the Administrator, AIT, DON, Director of Clinical Operations, the Activity Director, The Social Worker, LVN A, LVN B, RN A, CNA B, CNA C, Med Aide A, The Shower Aide, The Dietary Manager, [NAME] and Kitchen Aide with indicated they were in-serviced on abuse and neglect, resident Rights monitoring/supervision residents, responsibilities to monitor doors on both shifts to insure they are closed, the change of codes to doors and that no one other than staff are allowed to have the codes to doors, elopement policy and procedure, supervision or residents who smoke, wander guard residents monitoring and procedures. Record review of the facility elopement book revealed all residents with wander guards had been re-assessed and had measures in place to prevent elopement. Record review of the care plans indicated Resident #1 care plans were revised on 8/25/25 to address the actual elopement. Record review of the Audit and maintenance check of all residents with wander guards indicated there were no issues. Record review of Resident #1's clinical record revealed a Head to assessment was completed on 8/21/25 . Record review of the Wandering/elopement evaluation for Resident #1 was updated on 8/22/25. Record review the facility Audit on all residents to identify residents at risk for elopement was completed on 8/21/25-8/22/25. Record review of the facility documentation of All smokers re-trained on smoking policy including not to prop doors open was completed on 8/25/25. Record review of the monitoring/supervision/redirecting of residents and assuring doors are not ajar when residents that smoke go out in-service dated 8/22/25-8/23/25 indicated all staff were trained. This noncompliance was identified as Past Non-Compliance Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) . The IJ began on 8/21/25 and ended on 8/31/25. The facility corrected the noncompliance (continued on next page) FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 675052 If continuation sheet Page 3 of 4 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 675052 B. Wing A. Building (X3) DATE SURVEY COMPLETED 11/13/2025 NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE Bay Ridge Healthcare Center 208 South Utah LA Porte, TX 77571 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 by having implemented actions that corrected the non-compliance prior to surveyor entrance. Level of Harm - Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety Residents Affected - Few FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete Event ID: Facility ID: 675052 If continuation sheet Page 4 of 4

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Citations

1 citation recorded*CMS

What do CMS severity letters mean?

Serious (G-L). Actual harm to a resident, or immediate jeopardy. Codes G through I indicate actual harm; J through L indicate immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety.

General (A-F). No actual harm found, or harm that is minimal. The facility must still submit a Plan of Correction. Most CMS citations land here.

Each letter combines severity with scope: how many residents the deficiency affected.

  • 0689SeriousS&S Jimmediate jeopardy

    F689 - Accidents

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

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What happened during the November 13, 2025 survey of Bay Ridge Healthcare Center?

This was a inspection survey of Bay Ridge Healthcare Center on November 13, 2025. The surveyor cited 1 deficiency, recorded on the federal Form 2567 statement of deficiencies.

Were any deficiencies cited at Bay Ridge Healthcare Center on November 13, 2025?

Yes, 1 deficiency was cited, each with a CMS Scope and Severity grade. The first was: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."

What type of survey was this?

This was a inspection survey conducted by state surveyors under federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight. Findings are published on CMS Care Compare.

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