Based on review of Resident Identifier (RI) #1's medical record and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure a comprehensive care plan was developed with interventions on how to provide RI #1 a safe, secure environment and appropriate supervision to reduce the risk of elopement. Through staff interviews it was determined that facility staff had not identified the resident as being high risk for elopement. This resulted in no specific interventions being implemented when the resident exhibited behaviors of wanting to leave the facility. On 6/9/2017 at 5:37 AM, RI #1 was found by a bystander, who found the resident on the side of the roadway; the resident had fallen. The local fire department was notified. RI #1 complained of right shoulder pain. …
F279 citations in Alabama
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
No F279 citations were recorded in Alabama for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
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What Alabama surveyors wrote
F279 findings written in Alabama, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on observation, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure care plans were developed for pressure ulcer prevention for RI (Resident Identifier) #1, a resident who was assessed as being at risk for developing pressure ulcers. As a result of not having a plan of care with individualized approaches for prevention of pressure ulcers, RI #1 developed a stage three pressure ulcer on 8/31/2016. This failure affected one of four sampled residents whose care plans were reviewed. Findings Include: Review of a facility policy titled Skin Management with a revision date of 8/2012 revealed the following: . NEWLY admitted RESIDENTS . 3. …
Based on interview, resident record review, and the facility policy titled Falls the facility failed to ensure a plan of care, with individualized approaches to prevent falls, was developed for Resident Identifier (RI) #4, a resident who was at risk of falling. RI #4 sustained a fall on 10/1/2017. This affected one of three residents sampled for fall concerns. Findings Include: A review of the facility policy titled Falls, dated April 2017 documented the following: . Process On admission . When a risk factor for falls is identified a corresponding intervention addressing that risk factor is developed. When the risk is identified the intervention is documented on the care plan . …
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