Skilled Nursing Facility Citation Update: March 2025

The Indiana Department of Health conducted a total of forty-seven recertification surveys and of those four (8.51%) were deficiency free. There were no Immediate Jeopardy citations for the month and only one G-Level Citation.

The G-Level Citation is as follows:

Tag F689 (1 time) – Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices

The facility failed to ensure adequate supervision, and a secure environment was provided to prevent a resident with dementia from exiting the facility and leaving the property for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for elopement risk. This resulted in an elopement that occurred during the early morning hours after being last seen by the facility staff at approximately 2:00 am. The resident exited the facility through an unsecured window and was not realized to be missing until approximately 5:00 am. The resident was located by local law enforcement at around 6:00 am in a field near the facility. The resident was wet and shivering and required hospitalization.