Mobility and range of motion · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
F688 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Alabama cites F688 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.62×
0.62 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Alabama citations0.50%
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2025, this is the portion that was F688.
Alabama0.50%
National0.80%
Share of all citations that were F688.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F688 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.
G · Actual harm, isolatedJune 24, 2021
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide interventions for one of eight residents reviewed for range of motion impairment (Resident Identifier (RI) #74). RI #74) had contractures, including to his/her hands with callused areas observed from where his/her fingernails dug into his/her palms in the sample of 34. The contractures developed and/or worsened over the past year. No interventions had been or were currently in place to address the limitations in range of motion. …
F · No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadApril 9, 2026
Based on record review, interview and policy titled Restorative Guidelines the facility failed to implement a functional maintenance program (FMP) following discharge from therapy for Resident Identifier (RI) #60 one of one residents who experienced multiple falls. This failure had the potential to contribute to decline in function and increased risk for further falls and had the potential to affect all residents requiring ongoing maintenance services due to the absence of a functional maintenance program. …
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