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 Mississippi. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Mississippi cites F688 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.96×
0.96 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Mississippi citations0.77%
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi in 2025, this is the portion that was F688.
Mississippi0.77%
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 Mississippi surveyors wrote
F688 findings written in Mississippi, 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 9, 2023
Based on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to provide medical services to prevent an avoidable reduction in range-of-motion (ROM) and loss of mobility for one (1) of 24 sampled residents reviewed for ROM. Resident #31.
The facility's failure to provide services to prevent the avoidable loss of ROM for Resident #31 resulted in serious injury, serious harm, and serious impairment and placed other residents in a situation that was likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment, or death.
The situation was determined to be Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) that began on 2/14/23 when Resident #31 missed the first post operative appointment with an orthopedic surgeon. …
Based on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review the facility failed to provide services to maintain or improve Range of Motion (ROM) and prevent further decline for one (1) of three (3) resident reviewed for ROM limitations Resident #1. Findings Included:Record review of the facility policy Prevention of Decline in Range of Motion, date reviewed/revised 11/10/2025 revealed Policy: Residents who enter the facility without limited range of motion will not experience a reduction in range of motion unless the resident's clinical condition demonstrated that a reduction in range of motion is unavoidable .Observation on 3/31/26 at 10:15 AM, revealed a foot splint lying in the chair in Resident #1's room. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJuly 23, 2026
Based on observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure range of motion services were implemented in accordance with therapy recommendations and resident care needs for two (2) of four (4) residents reviewed (Residents #2 and #6). Residents discharged from therapy to the Restorative Nursing Program were not enrolled, evaluated, assigned restorative tasks, or provided ordered active/passive range of motion interventions.
Findings include:
Review of the facility policy, Range of Motion with revision date of 01/24 revealed under the Purpose revealed To move the resident's joints through as full a range of motion as possible. To improve or maintain joint mobility and muscle strength. To prevent contractures. …
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