Autumn Woods Health Campus: Care Plan Failures - IN
The citation, issued November 6, 2025, came out of a complaint investigation. Inspectors determined that Autumn Woods had failed to develop and implement complete care plans for at least one resident, plans that are supposed to include specific actions and measurable timetables tied to each person's individual needs. The deficiency was classified as isolated, meaning inspectors did not find it spread across the resident population. But they did find potential for more than minimal harm.
That phrase carries weight in federal inspection language. It is the threshold that separates a paperwork problem from something regulators treat as a genuine risk to residents.
Care planning is the architecture of nursing home care. A resident's care plan is supposed to function as a living document, updated as conditions change, specific enough that any staff member walking into a room knows what that person needs, what the goal is, and how progress will be measured. Without it, a resident's care depends on whoever happens to be on shift and what they happen to remember or assume. Gaps open up between what a resident needs and what they actually receive, and those gaps are often invisible until something goes wrong.
The inspection report does not describe the specific resident or residents affected, the nature of their conditions, or what care was left unplanned. It does not identify which staff members were responsible for the missing documentation, or how long the deficiency had existed before the complaint was filed. What it records is the conclusion: the care plans were incomplete, and the facility had not implemented what was required.
Autumn Woods reported a correction date of November 26, 2025, twenty days after the inspection.
The facility sits in New Albany, a city of roughly 37,000 people across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. It operates as a health campus, a model that typically combines skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and assisted living services under one roof. The complaint that triggered this inspection came from outside the facility, meaning someone, a resident, a family member, or another party, believed something was wrong enough to contact regulators.
Complaint investigations are distinct from the routine annual surveys that all nursing homes undergo. They are targeted. An inspector arrives because someone raised a specific concern, and the investigation is focused on whether that concern reflects a real deficiency. In this case, it did.
The regulatory tag cited, F0656, is one of the more commonly cited deficiencies in nursing home inspections nationally. Its frequency does not make it routine. Care planning failures appear often in inspection records precisely because the standard is demanding and the consequences of falling short are not always immediately visible. A resident who lacks a complete care plan may continue to receive adequate care for days or weeks. The risk is cumulative and situational: the moment when a staff member is new, or rushed, or uncertain, and there is no written plan to consult.
The severity level assigned here, a D on the federal scale, reflects an isolated incident without documented actual harm. It is not the most serious category of violation. But the federal system assigns a D precisely when inspectors believe the potential for harm is real, not theoretical. Something in what they observed convinced them that more than minimal harm was possible.
What that something was, the inspection report does not say.
The facility's reported correction, submitted within three weeks of the inspection, suggests the problem was addressed on paper. Whether the underlying conditions that produced the incomplete care plan, staffing, oversight, documentation practices, have changed is not something a correction date can confirm. Inspectors may return to verify. They may not.
For the resident or residents at the center of the complaint that started this, the correction date is a bureaucratic milestone. What they needed was a complete plan, in place, from the beginning.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Autumn Woods Health Campus from 2025-11-06 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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AUTUMN WOODS HEALTH CAMPUS in NEW ALBANY, IN was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 6, 2025.
The citation, issued November 6, 2025, came out of a complaint investigation.
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.