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 Kentucky. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Kentucky cites F688 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.35×
0.35 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Kentucky citations0.28%
Of every deficiency written in Kentucky in 2025, this is the portion that was F688.
Kentucky0.28%
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 Kentucky surveyors wrote
F688 findings written in Kentucky, 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.
H · Actual harm, patternOctober 8, 2020
Based on observation, interview, record review, and review of the facility's policy, it was determined the facility failed to ensure a resident who entered the facility without limited range of motion (ROM) did not experience a reduction in range of motion. The facility failed to ensure a resident with limited mobility received appropriate services, equipment, and assistance to maintain or improve mobility with the maximum practicable independence, unless a reduction in mobility was demonstrably unavoidable for seven (7) of thirty (30) sampled residents with limited ROM (Residents #4, #7, #13, #11/37, #39, #16/42 and #44). …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedApril 2, 2026
Based on observation, interview, record review, and review of facility policies, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure interventions to prevent / decrease a resident's limitation in Range of Motion (ROM) were in place for two (2) of three (3) sampled residents, R6 and R7. The findings include:
Review of the facility policy titled, Splints and Braces-Upper Extremity, reviewed 09/19/2025 stated the facility would provide splints and braces to the upper extremities in accordance with professional standards of practice, as outlined by [NAME]. …
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