Altercare Of Canal Winchester Post-acute Rc
Inspection Findings
F-Tag F0686
F 0686 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Residents Affected - Few
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99) Previous Versions Obsolete
on 09/01/25, weight of 162.7 pounds on 09/15/25 and a weight of 138.6 pounds on 10/21/25. There were no other weights recorded in the resident's medical record.Interview on 10/22/25 at 3:00 P.M. with Resident #60 revealed she expressed frustration that her wounds weren't healing. She denied ever declining dressing changes.Interview on 10/23/25 at 12:30 P.M. with Resident #60 and her spouse revealed Resident #60 had lost weight and expressed concern that the weight loss contributed to her wounds not healing.Interview on 10/23/25 at 1:04 P.M. with Wound Physician #110 who acknowledged Resident #60's wounds had not healed. He said the biggest barrier to Resident #60's wound healing was her nutrition.Interview on 10/23/25 at 2:31 P.M. with Registered Dietician #140 who noted she had discovered
the apparent significant weight loss from 09/15/25 to 10/21/25 for Resident #60 on this date. She said her first plan would be to ask facility to reweigh the resident to ensure the weight change was not an error in measurement or documentation. Secondly, she said she planned to interview Resident #60 to see if the resident was open to taking a supplement.Interview on 10/23/25 at 3:05 P.M. with the Administrator confirmed that Registered Dietician #140 had sent an e-mail to the Administrator, the Director of Nursing (DON) and the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) on 09/09/25 with a recommendation for Resident #60 to start on a nutritional supplement to promote wound healing (the same date that the care plan was updated for the prosource). The Administrator said that the DON and ADON who were working at that time were no longer with the organization and that the message was not passed on to the resident's physician.Interview on 10/23/25 at 3:25 P.M. with Primary Care Physician #155 confirmed she had not received the recommendation from the Registered Dietician on 09/09/25 and she definitely would have ordered a supplement if the Registered Dietician had recommended it. She said they would have closely monitored Resident #60's response to the supplement to ensure there were no issues with her kidney disease.Review of the facility policy titled Pressure Injuries: Assessment, Prevention and Treatment, updated 05/01/25, revealed intervention and preventive measures included dietician referrals and administering vitamins and minerals and protein supplements in accordance with physician orders. This deficiency represents non-compliance investigated under Complaint Number 2644720.
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ALTERCARE OF CANAL WINCHESTER POST-ACUTE RC in CANAL WINCHESTER, OH inspection on recent inspection.
Found 0 violation(s). Severity: Standard violations. Status: 0 corrected, 0 pending.
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