Ryze On The Avenue
RYZE ON THE AVENUE in CHICAGO, IL — inspection on August 14, 2025.
Found 1 citation. 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
professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments,
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stored for one of one resident (R4) reviewed for medication storage in the sample of 20.Findings include:R4's face sheet documents resident is [AGE] year-old admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including but to limited to: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Pancreatitis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Essential Hypertension, and Atherosclerotic Heart Disease.R4's MDS (Minimum Data Set of 7/16/2025) documents a BIMS (Brief Interview for Mental Status) of 14 denoting R4 is cognitively intact.On 8/7/25 at 12:15 PM, R4 was observed ambulating with rollator down the hallway. R4 was holding souffle cup with seven tablets/capsules noted (one large white oval pill, three brown/clear capsules, one round white tablet, one oval light-yellow pill noted, one orange oval). R4 said, the nurse gave me these medications over an hour ago.
Surveyor asked what they were.
Surveyor wanted the names of the pills. R4 couldn't tell me. R4 left the pills with the surveyor, then left. 8/7/25 at 12:30 PM, V2 (Director of Nursing) said, staff should not leave medications at the bedside.
Staff should explain what the medications are for and what the names of the medications are.8/8/25 at 11:27 AM, V3 (Registered Nurse) said, I prepared R4's medications and brought them to him. He asked what they were for. I had an emergency (a resident fell), and I ran out of R4's room to tend to the other resident. It slipped my mind that I needed to go back to R4. I never should leave medications at the bedside. I have to see the resident take the medication.
Another resident could come along and take R4's medication.Medication Administration policy (Reviewed 1.2024) documents in part, 21.
Remain with the resident to ensure that the resident swallows the medication.
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
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