Based on facility policy review, medical record review, facility documentation review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to protect the resident's right to be free from involuntary seclusion for 1 of 6 (Resident #1) sampled residents reviewed for abuse/involuntary seclusion. On [DATE], Resident #1 was observed by staff to be secluded in the dining/day room of the secured unit for an unspecified amount of time. Resident #1, a vulnerable and severely cognitively impaired resident, was found in the dining/day room with the doors closed and 2 wheelchairs with their wheels locked blocking the doors when a staff member made rounds early in the morning on [DATE]. …
F603 citations in Tennessee
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
Tennessee cites F603 more often than its own record predicts
2.39 times the share F603 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Tennessee 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 Tennessee surveyors wrote
F603 findings written in Tennessee, 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 facility policy review, secured unit documentation review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure documentation for the participation in the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) review by the physician for the Secured Unit Placement of 6 residents (Resident #4, #23, #49, #71, #72, and #88) and failed to ensure the resident or resident representative signed the IDT review for the continued placement in the Secure Unit for 2 residents (Resident #72 and #88) of 6 residents reviewed for Secured Unit Placement. …
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