Elwood Health And Living
ELWOOD HEALTH AND LIVING in ELWOOD, IN — inspection on October 27, 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
During an interview on 10/27/25 at 11:43 a.m., the Memory Care Coordinator indicated residents were observed and the doors on the unit were secure.
The Memory care Coordinator indicated she reminded staff to make sure doors were closed tight.
She reminded visitors and staff to make sure no one followed them off the unit. On 7/22/25, the residents were having an activity in the courtyard.
They were located near the entrance door.
Resident B was ambulating around the secured area, then went back inside the facility.
The Memory Care Coordinator was not sure how the resident was able to leave the secured courtyard without being noticed.
The resident was found on the side of the building right before the driveway (parking lot), unsupervised. A CNA was on break and saw her. It was not known how long she was out there unsupervised.
During an interview on 10/27/25 at 1:10 p.m., the Administrator indicated she watched security video for 7/22/25 and saw Resident B exit the building and less than 3 minutes later, she was seen being brought back into the facility by CNA 3.
During an interview on 10/27/25 at 1:22 p.m., CNA 3 indicated, on 7/22/25, she saw the resident around lunch time. CNA 3 was not sure of the time but remembered it was in the afternoon. CNA 3 had exited the facility through a side door and observed the resident in the parking lot.
She asked the resident what they were doing and the resident said, I got out.
CNA 3 was able to redirect the resident back into the facility without difficulty. CNA 3 indicated the resident did not have a lot of exit seeking behaviors but when she did, she is bad.
The residents would go to every single door and try to open them. No further information was provided prior to exit from the facility.
This citation is related to intake 2646064.3.1-45 (a)(2)
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
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