Hallmar Village: Range of Motion Care Failures - IA
The citation fell under a category that tracks quality of life and care. Inspectors found the facility had failed to provide appropriate care to maintain or improve residents' range of motion and mobility. Where a decline could not be explained by a medical reason, the failure belonged to the facility.
The severity was classified as isolated, with no actual harm documented. That classification carries its own weight. Regulators use it when harm has not yet occurred but the conditions were right for it. In range of motion cases, the gap between "potential for harm" and documented harm can close quietly, over weeks, as joints stiffen and movement narrows in ways that do not reverse easily.
Range of motion loss is not abstract. Residents who lose mobility in their hands, arms, shoulders, or legs lose the ability to feed themselves, dress themselves, shift their own weight in a chair. They become more dependent for tasks they could once manage. In some cases, contractures, the permanent shortening of muscles and tendons from prolonged immobility, set in. That kind of loss does not show up in a single inspection report. It accumulates.
Hallmar Village reported a correction date of October 6, 2025, four days after inspectors left the building.
Four days is fast. Whether the underlying conditions that produced the deficiency changed in four days is a different question. Inspectors cited six deficiencies in total during this complaint inspection. The range of motion finding was one piece of a larger picture.
The facility has not publicly addressed the findings.
What the inspection record shows is a facility where at least one resident, possibly more, was not receiving the care needed to protect their movement and function, and where the gap was significant enough for federal inspectors to put it in writing. The correction has been reported. The resident whose range of motion was at stake will carry whatever happened in that gap forward.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Hallmar Village from 2025-10-02 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
Corrections may have occurred: Inspection reports reflect conditions observed on the date of the survey. Facilities may have implemented corrections, staffing changes, additional training, or other remediation since the report was issued. We report what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.
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Hallmar Village in Cedar Rapids, IA was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 2, 2025.
The citation fell under a category that tracks quality of life and care.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.