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 Arkansas. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Arkansas cites F688 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.14×
1.14 times the share F688 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Arkansas citations0.91%
Of every deficiency written in Arkansas in 2025, this is the portion that was F688.
Arkansas0.91%
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 Arkansas surveyors wrote
F688 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.
J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedMay 6, 2025
Based on observations, interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure 1 (Resident #184) of 1 sampled resident did not have a decline in mobility functions with psychosocial harm after admission. Specifically, the facility failed to assess the resident's mobility function, identify interventions, and provide necessary equipment for Resident #184 to maintain their most practicable independence.
It was determined the facility's non-compliance with one or more requirements of participation had caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to the resident. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJuly 23, 2026
Number of residents sampled:
Number of residents cited:
Based on observations, interviews, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure a resident with limited range of motion received appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion and/or to prevent further decrease in range of motion for one (Resident #78) of three residents reviewed.
The findings include:
A review of Resident #78's admission Record revealed the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses which included unspecified displaced fracture of second cervical vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing, neuralgia, neuritis, and depression. …
B · No harm, potential for minimal, patternFebruary 7, 2020
Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure interventions were developed, care planned, and implemented to address contractures and positioning devices were consistently utilized as per the Plan of care to prevent further potential decline in range of motion (ROM) for 1 (Resident #51) of 13 (Residents #51, #12, #16, #20, #24, #31, #49, #52, #63, #65, #93, #115, and #371) sampled residents who had hand contractures and / or functional limitation in range of motion in the upper extremities. This failed practice had the potential to affect 46 residents who had contractures and / or functional limitation in range of motion in the upper extremities, according to a list provided by the Administrator on 2/7/2020 at 3:45 p.m. The findings are:
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