Based on record review, staff interviews, review of facility documents, and review of policies, the facility failed to protect the resident right to be free from chemical restraints by not administering pain medication in accordance with the physician's order for one resident (#1). The deficient practice could result in medications being administered without following the physician's order and could place the resident's health at risk for illnesses.Findings include:Resident #1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE], with diagnoses that included a fracture of her right thigh with subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), muscle weakness, and epilepsy.The admission Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE], revealed a… …
F605 citations in Arizona
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Arizona cites F605 less often than its own record predicts
0.54 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Arizona in 2025, this is the portion that was F605.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Arizona surveyors wrote
F605 findings written in Arizona, 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.
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