Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure staff had the competencies and training to administer medication according to facility policy to prevent medications errors for 1 of 4 residents reviewed for medication administration (Resident B). This deficient practice resulted in Resident B's hospitalization in the intensive care unit for bradycardia (abnormally slow heart rate), hypotension (low blood pressure) and subsequent cardiogenic shock (heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs). Finding includes: Review of an Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) intake, submitted 7/16/26, indicated a resident had been hospitalized after he was administered medications intended for another resident. …
F726 citations in Indiana
Competent nursing staff · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Indiana cites F726 less often than its own record predicts
0.89 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Indiana in 2025, this is the portion that was F726.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Indiana surveyors wrote
F726 findings written in Indiana, 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.
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure education in-services were completed for nursing staff for specific treatment care needs for 1 of 5 residents reviewed. (Resident B)Finding includes:The clinical record for Resident B was reviewed on 6/29/26 at 9:50 a.m. The diagnoses included, but were not limited to, quadriplegia (a form of paralysis affecting all four limbs and the torso) and central cord syndrome at C4 (cervical vertebrae 4) of the cervical spinal cord. …
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure CNA's (certified nurses aides) completed their competencies timely. This deficient practice had the ability to affect 68 of 68 residents residing at the facility. Finding includes: A review of competencies was completed and no CNA competencies were available for review. During an interview, on 8/30/2018 at 1:14 P.M., the Administrator indicated the facility CNA's had not received their competency testing/training in at least 2 years. A policy was requested and one was not received. 3.1-14(i)
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Indiana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.30% | 0.49× |
| 2024 | 0.34% | 0.51× |
| 2025 | 0.53% | 0.89× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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