F0580

D

Failure to Notify Physician and Responsible Party After Attempted Elopement

Marlinton, West Virginia Survey Completed on 02-02-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

The deficiency involves the facility’s failure to notify a resident’s physician and responsible party of a significant change in condition following an attempted elopement. During a complaint investigation involving a resident identified as #48, surveyors reviewed progress notes, the care plan, and the incident report log and found no documentation of the attempted elopement, no record of physician notification, and no record of notification of the resident’s responsible party. An LPN interviewed on 02/02/26 at 12:19 PM acknowledged that the attempted elopement occurred and stated she reported the incident to the Director of Nursing. The Director of Nursing, interviewed later that day, confirmed that the attempted elopement occurred on 01/17/26 and acknowledged that there were no records of notifying the physician or the responsible party and no progress notes pertaining to the incident.

This lack of documentation and failure to notify the physician and responsible party of the significant change in the resident’s status constituted the cited deficiency, identified in the context of a facility census of 62 residents and focused on Resident #48’s attempted elopement event.