Based on observation, and interview, the facility failed to include the ongoing monitoring of bed siderails as part of their routine maintenance program for 40 beds observed during initial screening of residents and as documented on a list provided by the Administrator on 05/25/23 at 7:45 AM. The finding are: 1. During the initial tour on 05/24/23 at 10:49 AM, Resident Rooms 103, 204, 207, 312, 406 and 407 had quarter siderails in use on both sides of the bed. Observations conducted throughout the remainder of the survey revealed the side rails remained in use for all 40 residents. 2. On 05/24/23 at 1:10 PM, the Administrator confirmed the residents' bed siderails were not inspected or monitored as part of the facility's weekly or monthly routine maintenance program. …
F909 citations in Arkansas
Environmental Deficiencies
Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Arkansas cites F909 less often than its own record predicts
0.54 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Arkansas in 2023, this is the portion that was F909.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Arkansas surveyors wrote
F909 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.
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