F280 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F280 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.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F280 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.
J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedNovember 12, 2016
This deficiency was written as a result of complaint #AL 777.
Based on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to revise RI (Resident Identifier) #1's care plan after RI #1 was found self propelling in a wheelchair into the parking lot unsupervised on 12/11/2013. No interventions were added to RI #1's careplan to address the resident's continued behavior of entering the facility's parking lot unsupervised. On 10/28/2016, RI #1 was self propelling in the parking lot unsupervised when struck by a vehicle. This incident resulted in a skull fracture and hearing loss that required hospitalized from [DATE] until 10/31/2016. …
Based on interview and document review, the facility failed to update the care plan following a fall in order to prevent future falls by Resident Identifier (RI) #4, a resident identified by the facility as a high risk for falls. RI #4 sustained a fall from her geri chair on 9/12/10, which resulted in the fracture of two ribs, the [MEDICAL CONDITION] clavicle, and [MEDICATION NAME] spine compression fractures at T12 and T7. A review of the 9/12/10 fall investigation revealed an intervention of keeping the resident in view of staff when RI #4 was in the geri chair. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedSeptember 21, 2017
Based on observation, interviews, review of job descriptions of the Director of Food Services, Speech Therapist and Dietician, a review of a facility document titled, CARE PLAN FEEDING TUBE, and review of the medical record, the facility failed to ensure Resident Identifier (RI) #12's care plan was revised to reflect an alteration requested by RI #12's spouse to the ordered pureed diet.
This affected RI #12, one of 21 sampled residents.
Findings Include:
Review of a facility document titled, CARE PLAN FEEDING TUBE dated, 9/13/17 documented the following:
Problem . Receives Puree diet w/ (with) honey-liquids & (and) nosey cup . Approaches . B (breakfast), L (lunch), D (dinner) meals trays to be sent
Review of the Dietitian job description, with no date, revealed the following:
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