Denison Care Center
Denison Care Center in Denison, IA — inspection on October 23, 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
Review of policy dated 2021 and revised 3/18 titled, Assessing Falls and Their Causes directed if a resident had just fallen, or is found on the floor without a witness to the event, evaluate for possible injuries to the head, neck, spine and extremities.
Obtain and record vital signs as soon as it is safe to do so. If there was evidence of injury, provide appropriate first aid and/or obtain medical treatment immediately.
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10/23/2025
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Denison Care Center
1202 Ridge Road Denison, IA 51442
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Review of the Care Plan, dated 6/9/24, revealed a Focus area to address [Name redacted] has impaired cognitive function r/t Dementia.
Interventions included, in part: Provide one-to-one or line-of-sight supervision as clinically indicated to ensure resident safety.
Date Initiated: 10/15/25. On 10/23/25 at 12:07 PM, the Administrator stated any staff that observed Resident #1 to be agitated or self-transferring should have stayed with the resident for her safety.
Review of policy dated 2001 revised 3/22 titled, Care Plans, Comprehensive Person-Centered documented the care plan interventions are derived from a thorough analysis of the information gathered as part of the comprehensive assessment.
Care plan interventions are chosen only after data gathering, proper sequencing of events, careful consideration of the relationship between the resident's problem areas and their cause, and relevant clinical decision making.
When possible, interventions address the underlying source(s) of the problem area(s), not just symptoms or triggers.
Assessments of residents are ongoing and care plans are revised as information about the residents and the residents' conditions change.
Review of policy dated 2021 and revised 3/18 titled, Assessing Falls and Their Causes documented when a resident falls, the following information should be recorded in the resident's medical record: completion of a falls risk assessment and appropriate interventions taken to prevent future falls.
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