F 0689
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
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
observations, interviews, and record reviews the facility failed to provide supervision and assistive devices
to each resident to prevent avoidable accidents for 1 of 3 residents (Resident #1) reviewed for supervision.
Residents Affected - Few
The facility failed to ensure the Memory Care unit of the facility was secure when Resident #1, who had a
diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease with severely impaired cognition and a history of elopement and exit
seeking behaviors, eloped from the facility on 10/09/23.
The noncompliance was identified as PNC IJ. The IJ began on 10/09/23 and ended 10/09/23. The facility
had corrected the noncompliance before the survey began. The Administrator was notified of the PNC IJ on
10/13/23 at 5:55 PM. The noncompliance was determined to be PNC because the facility corrected the
issues with the door security and had monitoring in place to ensure Resident #1 did not elope again.
This failure could place residents at risk of accidents, hazards, and improper supervision.
Findings Included:
Record review of Resident #1's quarterly MDS assessment, dated 09/11/23, reflected she was a [AGE]
year-old female whose cognition was severely impaired. The resident admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The
resident wandered daily. The resident required limited assistance of one staff for ambulation on and off the
unit. The resident's diagnosis included Alzheimer's disease, lack of coordination.
Record review of Resident #1's care plan, dated 08/31/23, reflected:
Resident resides in the Secure Care Unit, related to diagnosis of dementia (or related diagnosis) and risk
for elopement. Disoriented to place, memory loss.
Interventions included: 10/09/23 Dining room door lock changed.
Record review of Resident #1's Order Summary Report, dated 08/31/23, reflected:
Admit to secure unit due to history of elopement with active exit seeking behavior.
Record review of Resident #1's progress notes, reflected:
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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.
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
675185
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/19/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Longmeadow Healthcare Center
120 Meadowview Dr
Justin, TX 76247
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
10/09/23 at 6:48 AM
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
Upon arriving to facility, noted resident walking down street in front of facility. Stopped vehicle and called to
resident. Exited vehicle and walked resident to side door facility and escorted her into building. Resident in
no signs of distress. No shortness of breath noted, color WNL. DON took resident back to unit. - MDS
Nurse
Residents Affected - Few
10/09/23 7:36 AM
Resident was found out front of the facility. The resident does not have any injuries or falls related to this
incident. Appears that the resident was able to get out of the side gate. We returned the resident to the unit,
and we did a head count to make sure that all of the residents were accounted for, and they were. - LVN A
Review of the facility provider investigation report, not dated, received from the Administrator on 10/13/23,
reflected:
Resident #1 Information
Pertinent Medical Diagnosis: Alzheimer's disease and abnormalities of gait and mobility.
Resident #1 resides in our secure memory care unit, but no special supervision is required within the unit.
Date/Time you first learned of incident: 7:15am, 10/09/23
Date/Time the incident occurred: approximately 6:30am, 10/09/23
Brief narrative summary of the reportable incident: At about 6:30 AM this morning, 10/09/23, staff member
CNA B walked Resident #1 to the dining room in the secure care unit. CNA B then went to the end of the
400 hall to put the trash in the trash bin just outside the door. The secure care unit (400 hall) was all COVID
positive, so trash and dirty linens were placed outside the back door to be picked up and disposed of or
taken to laundry. In order to open the door at the end of the hall, LVN A pushed the exit button to release
the door locks. In doing this the doors at the two ends of the hall released as well as the gate in the
courtyard. LVN A was watching down the hall and at the entrance doors to the secure care unit. LVN A
assumed that the door from the dining room to the courtyard was locked and secure, as it did not release
with the other doors. Apparently, the dining room/courtyard door was not fully shut and thus not locked.
While LVN A and CNA B were engaged in taking out the trash, Resident #1 walked outside onto the
courtyard patio and then out through the exit gate. She walked to the front of the building, following the
sidewalk and then walked down the driveway to the road in front of the facility where the MDS nurse, was
arriving for work and walked her back to the building. Staff walked her back to the secure care unit.
The date and time of the assessment: 10/9/23, 7:00am
Name and title of person who completed assessment: LVN A
Results of the assessment including extent of injuries: Resident #1 had no injuries or apparent ill effects.
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(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
675185
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/19/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Longmeadow Healthcare Center
120 Meadowview Dr
Justin, TX 76247
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
Provide all steps taken immediately to ensure resident(s) are protected:
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
Examined the dining room/courtyard door. Changed out the lock on the door to one that will always
automatically lock after entering the code. Maintenance adjusted the door so it was a smoother and
dependable full closer, thus ensuring the door would relatch each time it is closed. Ensured the closure
mechanism is working correctly. Conducted an in-service with staff on the precise sequence of steps for
releasing and relocking the doors. Contacted our Fire System vendor to come out and install a new mag
lock at the end of the 400 hall to allow for independent ingress and egress through just that door.
Residents Affected - Few
In-service on the procedure for releasing and relocking the secure doors and the precautions to ensure it is
done safely.
The resident was out of the building for approximately 15 minutes on 10/09/23. She was found on the road
in front of the building which was next to the driveway of the facility. It was not a busy street.
An observation of Resident #1 on 10/13/23 at 1:05 PM reflected she was in the secure care unit. She was
standing in the dining room. She was not interviewable but was awake and alert. She wandered around the
dining room. The dining room door was locked with a keypad and the door would automatically shut and
lock by itself. The back door, front door, and courtyard gate were locked.
An interview on 10/13/23 at 5:45 PM with CNA B revealed at around 6:00 AM on 10/09/23 CNA B took
Resident #1 to the dining room. She said she did not realize the dining room door was unlocked. She said
there was a staff coming to the back door of Hall 400 to drop off papers. She said she was watching two
residents who were close to the back door to make sure they did not go outside the door after LVN A
unlocked it. She said after the door was relocked CNA B went to get a resident up for breakfast and the
DON walked onto the unit with Resident #1. CNA B said when the button at the nurse station was pressed,
it unlocked the back door, front door, and the outside gate. CNA B said she received in-services about the
doors and following the incident. The dining room door lock was changed and now closed by itself. She said
staff no longer pressed the button at the nurse station because the residents were no longer COVID
positive.
An interview on 10/13/23 at 5:40 PM with LVN A revealed on 10/09/23 the button at the nurse station was
pressed to allow someone to come into the secure unit through the back door. LVN A said she did not
realize the button also opened the outside gate, and she did not know the dining room door was unlocked.
She said it was no longer necessary to press the button to open the back door because the residents on
the secure unit no longer had COVID. She said the button was an emergency button and she had received
in-services to make sure all of the doors were locked if the button had to be pressed and to do a resident
head count. She said the dining room door lock was changed to one that locked automatically after the
incident.
An interview on 10/13/23 at 4:50 PM with the MDS Nurse revealed on 10/09/23 at around 6:45 AM, she
arrived to work and saw Resident #1 walking close to the building. The MDS Nurse said she called the
resident's name and walked her back into the building. She said the resident was happy and pleasant and
did not have any signs or symptoms of injury. The MDS Nurse said she took the resident to the DON.
An interview on 10/13/23 at 2:25 PM with the DON revealed the facility failure related to Resident
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
675185
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/19/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Longmeadow Healthcare Center
120 Meadowview Dr
Justin, TX 76247
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
#1's elopement occurred because the facility was following their COVID protocol. She said staff were not
allowed to use the front door to enter the unit from the facility. Staff had to enter the unit from the outside by
going through the back door. The DON said when staff entered the back door, a button at the nurse station
had to be pressed because the back door did not have its own locking mechanism. The DON said when the
button was pressed, it unlocked the front door (which had its own separate lock), the back door (which did
not have its own separate lock), and the outside gate in the courtyard. The dining room door had its own
lock that was a manual lock. She said on 10/09/23, LVN A was watching the front and back doors after she
pressed the button to unlock them. The dining room door was not securely locked, and the resident went
out the door to the courtyard, and then out the gate. The DON said following the elopement the facility
changed the lock on the dining room door so it would automatically lock. She said COVID protocol was no
longer in place and the button did not have to be pressed. She said the staff also had a monitoring tool that
they had to fill out following the incident anytime the button at the nurse station was pressed.
An interview on 10/13/23 at 4:05 PM with the Administrator revealed if the button at the nurse station was
pressed, the front door, back door, and outside gate all opened. He said on 10/09/23, no one knew the
dining room door was unlocked and so no one was watching that door when the button was pressed. He
said the facility failure was that the dining room door was unlocked, but now the dining room door had an
automatic lock that did not require staff to secure it. He said the button was no longer being pressed unless
there was an emergency, and a monitoring tool was in place and filled out anytime the button was pressed
to ensure the doors were all relocked and all residents were accounted for. He said there had not been an
elopement before. He also said a 3rd party vendor had been hired to put a separate lock on the back door
so that the button would not have to be pressed at all.
It was determined these failures placed Resident #1 in an IJ situation from 10/09/23-10/09/23.
The facility took the following action to correct the non-compliance on 10/09/23.
1. The facility fixed the dining room door, that Resident #1 eloped through, by installing a new key pad and
mechanism that allowed the door to lock automatically.
2. The facility put a monitoring tool in place to ensure the doors were locked after the exit button in the
secure unit was pressed and all residents were accounted for.
A record review of the facility Monitoring Tool used to check the secure unit doors was reviewed. The staff
documented checking the doors on 10/09/23, 10/10/23, 10/11/23, 10/12/23, and 10/13/23.
Record review of the facility policy, Elopement Prevention, revised 10/27/10, reflected:
Policy Statement
Every effort will be made to prevent elopement episodes while maintaining the least restrictive environment
for residents who are at risk for elopement .
Environmental Modification
1. Allow the resident to wander in a safe and secure setting (e.g., closed courtyard or hallway free from
obstacles or stairs) .
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No. 0938-0391
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
675185
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/19/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Longmeadow Healthcare Center
120 Meadowview Dr
Justin, TX 76247
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
5. Use door locks that are out of reach/sight to prevent wanderers from opening doors.
Level of Harm - Immediate
jeopardy to resident health or
safety
6. Use door alarms or monitoring devices to notify staff when residents try to leave the facility .
Residents Affected - Few
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