Friendship Home Association
Friendship Home Association in Audubon, IA — inspection on September 4, 2025.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
physician's response of yes, may use wander guard dated 9/1/25.Review of Resident #3's EHR titled, Progress Report documented no notification of new order for wander guard to Resident #3's representative / Power of Attorney (POA).On 9/3/25 at 2:06 PM Resident #3's POA stated she knew that Resident #3 had a wander guard because Resident #3 talked to her about it. Resident #3's POA stated she was not notified by the facility staff that Resident #3 had a wander guard placed on her. Resident #3's POA stated Resident #3 had talked to her on the phone and was upset about the wander guard. Resident #3's POA explained that was how she found out Resident #3 had a wander guard placed. On 9/4/25 at 4:04 PM Staff A, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) stated she had applied a wander guard to Resident #3 because on 9/1/25 Resident #3 was trying to leave with her sister out the double doors.
Staff A explained she requested the order for the wander guard from the physician and did not notify the residents representative / POA of new order or placement of the wander guard.
Staff A acknowledged she should have notified Resident #3's representative / POA.On 9/3/25 at 3:11 PM the DON stated Resident #2 had a wander guard on and it was removed.
The DON explained she had left it to Staff B to notify Resident #2's family.
The DON acknowledged there was no documentation for family/representative/POA notification for wander guard use on Resident #2 or #3.
The DON stated she would expect that there would be family notification of the wander guard placement as well as any new order for a resident at the facility. On 9/4/25 at 11:36 AM the Administrator stated the facility's expectation was the resident's family / POA would be notified of new orders, change in orders, medication changes, or incidents.
The Administrator explained there would be an order from a physician for the wander guard use.
The Administrator acknowledged she would expect notification to the resident's family / POA of the wander guard application. On 9/4/25 at 9:00 AM the DON explained the facility had no policy with family/POA notification of change in condition, new orders, change in orders or application of wander guard.
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STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Friendship Home Association
714 Division Audubon, IA 50025
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Federal health inspectors cited Friendship Home Association in Audubon, IA for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0689 during a complaint investigation conducted on 2025-09-04.
Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 2 deficiencies cited during this inspection of Friendship Home Association.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-09-05.