Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a resident remained free of involuntary seclusion by staff and to ensure all other residents were protected from further involuntary seclusion for 1 of 1 (Resident #34) sampled residents who had been involuntary secluded. The Administrator was informed of the Immediate Jeopardy on 01/09/24 at 3:07 PM The failed practice had the potential to affect all 45 residents currently in the facility. The findings are: On 01/08/24 at 3:59 PM, Surveyor notified the family member by phone for a family interview. During the interview the daughter said last week on Wednesday it was reported a staff member locked him (Resident #34) in his room. The staff member was fired, and an investigation is under way. …
F603 citations in Arkansas
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Arkansas cites F603 more often than its own record predicts
1.16 times the share F603 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Arkansas in 2024, this is the portion that was F603.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Arkansas surveyors wrote
F603 findings written in Arkansas, 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 record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure involuntary seclusion was not utilized for 1 (Resident #16) of 1 sampled resident who was placed in involuntary seclusion. The findings are: Resident #16 had diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . a. On 06/15/22, during a follow up Resident Council interview, another resident was asked, When was the altercations in the dining room that you stated you have needed to break up and was there any recently? The resident stated, Yes, about a month ago. My friend and another man got into it, and he ended up being moved to the small dining room to eat by himself and then they discharged him. He just came back recently. He is doing much better this time and our Bingo group even decided that he can re-join us. b. …
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