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
observations, interviews, and record review the facility failed to ensure each resident received adequate
supervision to prevent accidents for 1 (Resident #1) of 5 residents reviewed for accidents and hazards. The
facility failed to ensure Resident #1 did not break the window in her room, exit the window, and walk to the
staff smoking area where she was found lying on a bench on 10/20/2025 at 8:10 PM, approximately 30
minutes after she was noted to be missing. The non-compliance was identified as PNC (Past
Non-Compliance) on 10/22/2025 and the IJ template was provided to the facility on [DATE] at 3:21 PM. The
noncompliance began on 10/20/2025 and ended 10/21/2025. The facility corrected the non-compliance
before the survey began.This failure could place the residents at risk of serious harm, injury and death from
wandering outside the facility in unfamiliar surroundings.Findings include:Record review of the facility
reported incident, dated 10/20/2025, reflected Resident #1 broke her window and exited the building on
10/20/2025. Record review of Resident #1's Face Sheet, dated 10/22/2025, reflected the resident was an
[AGE] year-old who admitted [DATE]. Resident #1 had diagnoses which included dementia (decline in
cognitive function that interferes with daily life), bipolar disorder (extreme mood swings, including emotional
highs and lows), and delusional disorders (false beliefs that are resistant to reasoning or contrary
evidence). Record review of Resident #1's Comprehensive Care Plan, dated 10/21/2025, reflected The
resident is at risk for wandering. Date initiated 07/13/2024. Interventions included to identify the pattern of
wandering and intervene as appropriate; if the resident is exit seeking, stay with the resident and notify the
charge nurse by calling out, sending another staff member, or using the call system; offer pleasant
diversions, structured activities, food, conversation, television, or a book. Record review of Resident #1's
Comprehensive Care Plan, dated 10/21/2025, reflected Actual elopement or elopement attempt. Resident
left the facility unattended. Interventions included Supervise closely with increased staff monitoring x 72
hours or until further guidance. Begin with one-one-one monitoring. Dated Initiated: 10/20/2025.Determine
the reason the resident is attempting to elope. Is the resident looking for something or someone Does it
indicate the need for more exercise? Intervene as appropriate. Date Initiated: 10/20/2025 . Provide
structured activities: toileting, walking inside and outside, reorientation strategies including signs, pictures,
and memory boxes. Date initiated: 10/20/2025.Distract resident from elopement attempts by offering
pleasant diversions, structured activities, food, conversation, television, books. Date Initiated
10/20/2025.Record review of Resident #1's clinical file on 10/22/2025 reflected no prior attempt to elope.
Record review of Resident #1's Quarterly MDS (tool used to assess health status) Assessment, dated
09/25/2025, reflected severely impaired cognition with a BIMS (screening tool to assess cognitive status)
score of 07 and indicated no behavioral symptoms. Resident #1 was ambulatory with a walker and
independent with most activities of daily living. Record review of RN A's Event Nurses' Note, dated
10/20/2025, indicated Resident #1 exited through a window and was located 30
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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
675856
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/22/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Whitesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center
1204 Sherman Dr
Whitesboro, TX 76273
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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
minutes after she was noted to be missing on the bench in the gated area of the garden. Resident #1 told
staff she heard the [NAME] talking. Resident #1 was assessed, and vital signs were taken. She sustained
no injury. Resident #1 was transported to the hospital for further evaluation. Record review of RN A's
progress note, dated 10/20/2025, reflected Resident broke out window and crawled out. Was found on the
bench in the fenced area of the garden lying on a bench with head covered with cowboy hat eyes closed.
When approached and called by name opened eyes and answered all questions appropriately. Refused to
sit up at that time. When asked what happened, Resident stated, ‘Matt was talking to me the ARC Angel.'
Taken by ambulance to hospital for evaluation at this time.An attempt to interview RN A by telephone on
10/22/2025 was unsuccessful. During an observation and interview on 10/22/2025 at 9:42 AM, the
Administrator stated at 8:30 PM on 10/20/2025, he received a phone call notifying him Resident #1 had
busted her bedroom window and got out of the building. He stated the charge nurse had looked in Resident
#1's room a few minutes earlier and the resident was looking through her dresser drawers. The nurse went
to give medication to another resident. When the nurse returned to Resident #1's room, she was not in her
room, bathroom or closet. The nurse noticed the glass window was broken and alerted the staff to search
for her. The Administrator stated a CNA located her outside in the smoking area lying on a bench. He stated
Resident #1 told staff [NAME] said the building was on fire and she broke the window and got out. He
stated Resident #1 was assessed and she had no cuts or injury. Resident #1 refused to go back inside the
building with staff. He stated emergency medical services was called, came and assessed the resident, and
took her to the hospital for evaluation. The Administrator stated no other resident had eloped since this
incident. The administrator showed the surveyor the window Resident #1 had exited. The surveyor
observed the layout and noted the distance from Resident #1's room to the smoking area was
approximately 50 feet. Resident #1 exited her window and walked to the staff smoking area in the gated
courtyard. There was an opening in the courtyard where Resident #1 could have exited to the staff parking
lot. From the staff parking lot, the resident would have access to the main road. Resident #1 did not reside
on secure unit at time of the incident. Resident #1 had not returned from the hospital. During an interview
on 10/22/2025 at 10:06 AM, the Regional Compliance Nurse stated when RN A checked on Resident #1 at
about 7:10 PM, she was rearranging stuff in her dresser. The nurse continued passing medication and
when she returned to give Resident #1 medication, she was not in her room. The bedroom window was
broken. She stated Resident #1 never left the property. She was found lying on the bench in the courtyard.
She stated the nurse ensured the resident was safe and assessed her skin and pain. She stated Resident
#1 refused to go back inside the facility. She stated Resident #1 believed the arch angel told her to get out
because the building was on fire. She stated she was sent to the hospital for evaluation and the emergency
room documentation indicated her diagnosis was hallucinations. Resident #1 did not have any injuries. She
stated it appeared Resident #1 had used a dresser drawer and her trash can to break the window, because
they were on the ground outside the bedroom window. She stated all the glass was knocked out. There
were no glass shards sticking out. She stated the night of the incident the window was boarded up until the
glass could be replaced the following day. The facility initiated hourly monitoring of all residents' windows to
ensure no windows were broken. She stated by the end of the day, all residents' windows would be
equipped with an alarm to ensure if glass broke, staff would be alerted. The Regional Compliance Nurse
stated the facility would continue to have elopement drills three times weekly to ensure staff knew what to
do when a resident was missing. She stated the door alarms were checked daily. She stated Resident #1
would remain on 1:1 monitoring and evaluated for any changes. She stated after the incident, an elopement
risk assessment was competed for all
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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
675856
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/22/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Whitesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center
1204 Sherman Dr
Whitesboro, TX 76273
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
other residents. She stated anyone at risk had interventions in place and included on the care plan. She
stated residents that needed to be on the secure unit were already there. The Regional Compliance Nurse
stated no other resident had eloped since Resident #1 exited the building. The Regional Compliance Nurse
stated the hospital documentation revealed Resident #1 was admitted for a primary diagnoses of
hallucinations and secondary diagnosis was hypertension (elevated blood pressure). She stated
documentation revealed the resident had no physical injury. During an interview on 10/22/2025 at 11:30
AM, the Psych Nurse Practitioner was in the facility and stated she saw Resident #1 weekly. She stated she
had seen her the previous week. She stated she had not seen any changes in Resident #1. She stated she
was able to have logical conversations with Resident #1 and she had been very stable. She stated she
could not believe the resident had gotten out of the building. She stated Resident #1 had not expressed
wanting to leave the facility or reported voices telling her to leave the facility. She stated she would continue
to see Resident #1. During an interview on 10/22/2025 at 1:10 PM, the DON stated the elopement risk
assessment for Resident #1, dated 10/04/2025, indicated low risk with a score of 6. The risk assessment
completed after the elopement indicated high risk with a score of 18. She stated Resident #1 had not
exhibited any exit seeking behavior. She stated the resident was pleasant and enjoyed talking with people.
She stated her family was at the facility frequently to visit and took the resident out of the facility to spend
time with her. The DON stated no other resident had eloped since the incident. During a follow interview on
10/22/2025 at 1:25 PM, the Regional Compliance Nurse stated all residents had quarterly assessments for
elopement risk. She stated Resident #1 was not having exit seeking behaviors and had had not attempted
to get out of the building. She stated the resident's family member had a podcast focused on end time
prophecy and he came in the evenings and discussed the book of Revelations with the resident. She stated
staff felt that may have been a factor in Resident #1 getting out of the building, because when she was
found she told staff the [NAME] told her to get out of the building because it was on fire. She stated staff
discussed their concerns with the resident's family who were open to discussing other topics. An attempt to
interview Resident #1's family member by telephone on 10/22/2025 at 1:50 PM was unsuccessful. During
an interview on 10/22/2025 at 3:01 PM, CNA B stated she was assisting another resident and heard
Resident #1 making a loud noise in her room. She stated she went to the room and Resident #1 was
moving her clothes and a chair. She stated she did not think anything about it. She stated about 20 minutes
later, the nurse told her the resident got out. She stated staff began searching everywhere inside the
building. She stated she searched her hall and went to the exit door at the end of the hall. When she exited
the building, she saw Resident #1 in the smoking area. She stated the following day when she returned to
work, the facility had an elopement drill. She stated the facility called a code orange if a resident was
missing. CNA B stated she had never seen Resident #1 try to get out of the building.During a follow up
interview on 10/22/2025 at 4:06 PM, the Administrator stated risk assessments were completed for all
residents and elopement drills were initiated. He stated administrative staff began logging hourly window
checks and the facility had a work order for window alarms to be installed on all residents' windows. The
Administrator stated it was important to have elopement prevention measure in place for the safety of the
residents to prevent residents from getting out of the building and being harmed. He stated facility policies
and elopement drills were in place to prevent elopement and ensure staff responded properly to help
residents stay safe.During a follow up interview on 10/22/2025 at 4:14 PM, the DON stated Nurse A told her
Resident #1 got out of her bedroom window and was found lying on the bench in the garden area. The
DON stated patient safety was the number one priority. She stated it was important to provide in-services
so staff knew what to
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Event ID:
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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
675856
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/22/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Whitesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center
1204 Sherman Dr
Whitesboro, TX 76273
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
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do in an emergency such as elopement or potential elopement. She stated it was important to follow
protocol to find the resident as soon as possible and ensure the resident was safe. The DON stated staff
did what they were supposed to do and did it well. She stated it was something they did not do often and
that was a different situation. The DON stated the resident was found within the 30 minutes of staff noticing
she was missing. The DON stated Resident #1 told staff the [NAME] told her to get out of the building and
when staff located her, she refused to go back into the building. She stated the nurse assessment revealed
no physical injury. The DON stated the emergency medical services took Resident #1 to the hospital for
evaluation. The DON printed Resident #1's hospital record which showed she was admitted for
hallucinations and hypertension. The DON stated the resident would return on 1:1 monitoring.Interviews on
10/22/2025 between 1:42 PM and 5:40 PM were conducted with multiple staff members which included the
Administrator, DON, Regional Compliance Nurse, ADON, Social Worker, RN A, CNA B, MDS Coordinator,
Business Office Manager, Housekeeping Supervisor, LVN C, LVN D, CNA E, CNA F, CNA G, LVN I,
Housekeeping Staff and CNA K. Interviews revealed staff members received elopement in-service training
and participated in elopement drills. Staff were reminded to be alert to signs of exit seeking and to notify the
charge nurse or DON to assess the resident as needed. Staff members were educated on their role when a
code orange (elopement) was called in the facility. The elopement drills included the designation by the
charge nurse of staff members to an assigned search area which included searching every room in the
facility to ensure the resident was in the building and safe. If a resident was not located inside or outside the
building, police, family, and the physician must be notified. No lack of knowledge or procedure was
identified. The facility initiated the following interventions prior to the state surveyor entry on
10/21/2025:Record review of Resident #1's clinical file on 10/22/2025 at 10:15 AM reflected the
following:-Resident #1's risk assessment on 10/04/2025 reflected the resident was not a high risk for
elopement. The elopement risk assessment completed on 10/20/2025 indicated the resident was at high
risk.-Resident #1's Comprehensive Care Plan was updated with interventions on 10/20/2025 after the
resident exited the building.-Elopement risk assessments and care plans were updated on all residents in
the building on 10/20/2025. -The Medical Doctor, Psychiatrist, Director of Nursing, Administrator, and
Resident #1's family member were notified of the elopement on 10/20/2025. -Documentation of education
of all staff on resident rights, abuse, neglect, and exploitation beginning with night shift staff on 10/20/2025.
-Documentation of education of all staff on elopement prevention and response, exit seeking, and door
protocols beginning with night shift on 10/20/2025.-Documentation of elopement drills initiated on
10/21/2025 and to continue three times weekly following the elopement.- Documentation of an hourly
monitoring log initiated on 10/20/2025 to ensure all residents' windows were intact until window alarms
installed- Documentation of a facility work order, dated 10/21/2025, for alarms to be installed on all
residents' windows - Documentation of door alarm or lock function monitoring 5 times weekly for each exit
door was initiated on 10/20/2025.Administrative staff were observed conducting window checks in the
residents' rooms on 10/22/2025 at 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 1:00 PM. The work order was
completed and the residents' windows equipped with window alarms prior to the surveyor's exit. Record
review of the facility's policy Elopement Prevention, undated, reflected Every effort will be made to prevent
elopement episodes while maintaining the last restrictive environment for residents who are at risk for
elopement. Record review of the facility's policy Elopement Response, undated, reflected Nursing
personnel must report and investigate all reports of missing residents. When an elopement has occurred or
is suspected, our elopement response plan will be immediately implemented.
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