Pleasant Meadows Senior Living: Elopement Jeopardy - IL
The finding at Pleasant Meadows Senior Living, at 400 West Washington, affected a small number of residents. Inspectors cited failures in elopement assessments and care plans, concluding the gaps posed immediate risk to resident health and safety.
The facility moved quickly, at least on paper. On September 25, 2025, it began auditing all residents identified as wandering risks and committed to checking door alarms daily for six weeks. But when it submitted its first abatement plan to remove the immediate jeopardy designation on September 26 at 2:29 PM, the survey team sent it back.
The facility revised and resubmitted within two hours. Rejected again. The plan came back to the facility on September 29 at 9:27 AM.
A third version went in at 10:40 that same morning. Thirty-one minutes later, regulators accepted it.
Under the approved plan, the facility's director of nursing and administrator committed to bringing the wandering audits before the Quality Assurance committee weekly, monthly, and quarterly. Staff were to verify that every at-risk resident had a current elopement assessment and an active care plan with specific interventions in place.
What the inspection record does not show is how long the underlying gaps had existed before anyone identified them, or how many residents moved through the facility without an accurate wandering assessment on file.
Door alarms that were not functioning as intended, care plans that did not reflect a resident's actual risk, the two rejected plans that regulators found insufficient to protect people who might walk out a door and not come back. Those details sit in the record. The question of what it would have taken for someone to notice sooner does not.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Pleasant Meadows Senior Living 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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Last verified: September 23, 2026 · Our methodology
PLEASANT MEADOWS SENIOR LIVING in CHRISMAN, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 2, 2025.
The finding at Pleasant Meadows Senior Living, at 400 West Washington, affected a small number of residents.
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.