Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure nursing staff had appropriate competencies and skill sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident for 1 (#61) of 5 sampled residents reviewed for elopement. The facility failed to ensure staff were knowledgeable and able to identify residents at risk for elopement. This deficient practice resulted in an Immediate Jeopardy situation on 03/26/2026 at approximately 7:50 p.m., when S3CNA who failed to recognize Resident #61 as an elopement risk, unlocked a facility door, and allowed Resident #61, who had a BIMS score of 3, was severely cognitively impaired, and wore a wanderguard, to exit the… …
F726 citations in Louisiana
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
Louisiana cites F726 more often than its own record predicts
2.36 times the share F726 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Louisiana 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 Louisiana surveyors wrote
F726 findings written in Louisiana, 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 interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure each nurse aide was competent when transferring a resident with the slide board for 1 (#29) of 3 (#29, #61, and #69 ) residents reviewed for falls. This deficient practice resulted in an actual harm for Resident #29, beginning on 04/02/2024 at 4:30 p.m. when S16CNA inappropriately used the slide board during a transfer, which resulted in Resident #29 falling to the floor. On the morning of 04/03/2024, Resident #29 refused care due to severe pain when she moved. On 04/03/2024 at 12:12 p.m., Resident #29 had X-rays in the facility that revealed a Left Femur Fracture. …
Based on record reviews and interviews, the facility failed to ensure it had sufficient nursing staff with appropriate competencies and skills to provide nursing services to maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident by having staff fail to follow physician orders for 1 (#1) of 1 sampled residents. The failed practice was evidenced by staff not implementing a physician's antibiotic order resulting in Resident #1 not receiving an antibiotic.Findings:Review of the undated facility policy entitled Verbal Orders revealed in part:Policy Statement: 1. Verbal orders shall only be given in an emergency or when the Attending Physician is not immediately available to write or sign the order.Policy Interpretation and Implementation:1. …
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Recent years
| Year | Share of Louisiana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.27% | 3.70× |
| 2024 | 1.95% | 2.96× |
| 2025 | 1.41% | 2.36× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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