Complaint # NJ00176157 Based on observation, interview, review of resident medical records and other pertinent facility documentation it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that 1 of 1 Justice Involved Individual (JII) (Resident #6) was free from involuntary seclusion. The JII was secluded from having autonomy and to make choices to the maximum extent practicable regarding how they wish to live their everyday lives and receive care with the same rights as nursing home residents. The failure to allow JII autonomy posed the likelihood to cause psychological harm which resulted in an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) situation. …
F603 citations in New Jersey
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
New Jersey cites F603 more often than its own record predicts
4.94 times the share F603 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Jersey 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 New Jersey surveyors wrote
F603 findings written in New Jersey, 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.
Complaints #: NJ162903, NJ166982, NJ168479 NJ172819, NJ172820, NJ173142 NJ173303, NJ175318, NJ175692 NJ177086 Based on interviews, review of the Medical Records (MR), and other pertinent facility documentation on 9/30/24, 10/01/24, 10/02/24, 10/03/24, and 10/04/24, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that Resident #10 was free from involuntary seclusion. On 4/19/24, a Certified Nursing Aide (CNA #1) placed Resident #10 in the dayroom of the [NAME] Unit. CNA #1 shut and blocked the door, sat outside the dayroom to prevent Resident #10 from exiting. According to Resident #10, she/he begged and was terrified when the CNA would not let her/him leave the day room. …
Complaint # NJ00180296 Based on interviews, record review, and review of pertinent facility documents on 12/03/2024, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that a resident (Resident #1) was free from involuntary confinement when on 09/18/2024 a nurse on duty in night shift attached a hospital gown on the Resident's doorknob and looped it to the handrail in the hallway outside of Resident's room after the Resident in her/his wheelchair was brought back to her/his room from another resident's room. …
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