Inspection Reports for
Bickford of Davenport

4040 E 55th St, Davenport, IA 52807, United States, IA, 52807

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11 Reports

2020–2026

Inspection Report — Jul 8, 2026

Renewal
Date: Jul 8, 2026

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The visit was a recertification visit to determine compliance with licensing rules for an Assisted Living Program for People with Dementia and included an investigation of Complaint #131587-C.

Complaint Details
Complaint #131587-C
Findings
No regulatory insufficiencies were cited during the investigation of Complaint #131587-C and the recertification visit.

Inspection Report — Sep 15, 2025

Complaint Investigation
Date: Sep 15, 2025

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The inspection was conducted as a complaint investigation related to regulatory insufficiencies at Bickford Cottage Davenport, specifically Complaint #129204-C.

Complaint Details
The investigation was triggered by Complaint #129204-C. The complaint was substantiated as regulatory insufficiencies were cited regarding tenant evaluations, retention of a bed-bound tenant, and nurse review failures.
Findings
The program failed to complete required functional, cognitive, and health evaluations for 5 tenants, retained a bed-bound tenant contrary to admission criteria, and did not complete nurse reviews every 90 days for 2 tenants receiving prescription medications.

Violations (3)
Failed to ensure all required evaluations (functional, cognitive, health) were completed for 5 tenants.
Retained a bed-bound tenant since January 2025 without appropriate accommodations or hospice waiver.
Failed to complete nurse reviews every 90 days for 2 tenants receiving program-administered prescription medications.
Report Facts
Tenants without cognitive impairment: 11 Tenants with cognitive impairment: 13 Tenants reviewed for evaluations: 5 Tenants with missed nurse reviews: 2 Months bed bound tenant retained: 8

Inspection Report — Sep 15, 2025

Renewal
Date: Sep 15, 2025

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Recertification visit to determine compliance with certification of an Assisted Living Program for People with Dementia. The visit also included investigation of Complaint #129204-C.

Complaint Details
Complaint #129204-C was investigated during this visit.
Findings
Three regulatory insufficiencies were cited related to evaluation of tenants, criteria for admission/retention of tenants, and nurse review. The program failed to complete required evaluations, retained a bed-bound tenant improperly, and did not complete nurse reviews every 90 days for some tenants.

Violations (3)
481-69.22(3) Evaluation of Tenant: The program failed to complete functional, cognitive, and health evaluations annually or with significant change for 5 of 5 tenants reviewed.
481-69.23(1)a Criteria for Admission / Retention of Tenants: The program retained a bed-bound tenant since January 2025 without appropriate transfer or hospice waiver arrangements.
481-69.27(1)a Nurse Review: The program nurse failed to complete nurse reviews every 90 days for 2 of 5 tenants' conditions (Tenant #1 and Tenant #2).

Inspection Report — Jan 22, 2025

Complaint Investigation
Date: Jan 22, 2025

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The inspection was conducted as an investigation into Complaint #125932-C and Complaint #125018-C regarding regulatory insufficiencies at the assisted living program.

Complaint Details
The investigation was triggered by complaints #125932-C and #125018-C. The findings included failure to follow incident reporting policies and retention of tenants with unsafe behaviors or conditions.
Findings
The program failed to follow established policies for incident reporting related to a tenant injury and retained tenants who were bed bound or displayed dangerous behaviors including verbal and physical aggression despite interventions.

Violations (3)
Failed to follow established policy regarding incident reports for a tenant with an injury.
Retained a tenant who was bed bound without submitting a hospice waiver to the Department.
Retained tenants who displayed exit-seeking behavior, verbal or physical aggression despite interventions.
Report Facts
Number of tenants without cognitive impairment: 9 Number of tenants with cognitive impairment: 24 Number of tenants reviewed for dangerous behavior: 7 Number of tenants retained with dangerous behavior: 3

Inspection Report — Sep 26, 2024

Complaint Investigation
Date: Sep 26, 2024

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The inspection was conducted as an investigation of Complaint #123497-C and Mandatory Report #122759-M.

Complaint Details
Investigation of Complaint #123497-C and Mandatory Report #122759-M found no regulatory insufficiencies.
Findings
No regulatory insufficiencies were cited during the investigation of the complaint and mandatory report.

Report Facts
Number of tenants without cognitive impairment: 20 Number of tenants with cognitive impairment: 11

Inspection Report — Jun 19, 2024

Renewal
Date: Jun 19, 2024

Visit Reason
The inspection was conducted as a recertification visit to determine compliance with certification rules for an Assisted Living Program for People with Dementia.

Complaint Details
There were no regulatory insufficiencies cited during the investigation into Complaint #117601-C, Complaint #119817-C, and Complaint #120048-C.
Findings
The program was found to have multiple regulatory insufficiencies including failure to conduct health assessments prior to admission and within 30 days of occupancy for certain tenants, failure to evaluate tenant health status annually or with significant change, retention of tenants requiring two-person assistance for transfers, and retention of a tenant displaying unmanageable aggression.

Violations (5)
Failed to conduct health assessments prior to admission for 2 of 2 tenants reviewed admitted since March 2024 (Tenant #2 and Tenant #3).
Failed to conduct health assessments within 30 days of occupancy for 2 of 2 tenants admitted since March 2024 (Tenant #2 and Tenant #3).
Failed to evaluate tenant health status annually or with significant change for 2 of 4 current tenants reviewed (Tenant #1 and Tenant #4).
Retained tenants routinely requiring the assistance of two staff for transfers (Tenant #4).
Retained a tenant who displayed unmanageable aggression (Tenant #3).
Report Facts
Number of tenants without cognitive impairment: 14 Number of tenants with cognitive impairment: 11 Two-person assist frequency: 50

Employees mentioned
NameTitleContext
Health and Wellness DirectorConfirmed findings related to health assessments and tenant evaluations; involved in assessments and evaluations of tenants.
Staff AReported Tenant #3's exit-seeking and aggressive behaviors.
Staff BReported Tenant #4 required two people to assist with transfers.
Staff CReported ability to transfer Tenant #4 alone but noted preference for two-person assist due to tenant anxiety.

Inspection Report — Mar 30, 2023

Complaint Investigation
Date: Mar 30, 2023

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The inspection was conducted as a complaint investigation related to multiple complaints (#111838-C and #111846-C) concerning tenant care and safety issues at Bickford Cottage Davenport, an assisted living program for people with dementia.

Complaint Details
The investigation was triggered by complaints #111838-C and #111846-C. No regulatory insufficiencies were cited during the investigation of Complaint #111633-C. Tenant #1 exhibited multiple incidents of aggression, exit seeking, and wandering into other tenants' apartments uninvited, requiring multiple 911 calls and hospital transports.
Findings
The investigation found regulatory insufficiencies including failure to provide adequate and appropriate care for a tenant with exit seeking behaviors, failure to evaluate functional, cognitive, and health status after significant changes, failure to develop individualized service plans, and failure to ensure all personnel, including contract staff, received appropriate dementia-specific training.

Violations (5)
Program failed to provide adequate and appropriate care, treatment, and services for 1 of 1 tenants observed with exit seeking behaviors (Tenant #1).
Program failed to evaluate the functional, cognitive, and health status as needed for a significant change in health status for 1 of 1 tenants observed with exit seeking behaviors.
Program failed to develop an individualized service plan to meet the identified needs of the tenants, specifically for Tenant #1 with exit seeking behaviors.
Program failed to consistently ensure all personnel including contract/agency staff were appropriately trained to meet tenant needs, including dementia-specific training.
Program failed to ensure contract staff completed the required eight hours of dementia-specific education and training within 30 days of employment or contract start.
Report Facts
Number of tenants without cognitive disorder: 21 Number of tenants with cognitive disorder: 14 Number of incidents of aggression in January 2023: 4 Number of 911 calls in January 2023: 1 Number of exit attempts in January 2023: 2 Number of incidents of aggression in February 2023: 9 Number of 911 calls in February 2023: 3 Number of exit attempts in February 2023: 3 Number of times Tenant #1 exited building on 3/22/23: 10 Number of times Tenant #1 exited building on 3/22/23 (range): 15

Employees mentioned
NameTitleContext
Staff CContract/Agency StaffReported lack of training, verbal aggression from Tenant #1, and failure to respond to door alarms during overnight shift.
DirectorProgram DirectorConfirmed staff fears, lack of training for agency staff, and issues with door key access.
Assistant DirectorAssistant Director of Home Health AgencyConfirmed agency staff did not receive dementia training and reported communication with Program Director.
Registered NurseRegistered NurseConfirmed failure to evaluate tenant's functional, cognitive, and health status after significant changes.

Inspection Report — Dec 4, 2022

Complaint Investigation
Date: Dec 4, 2022

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The inspection was conducted as a complaint investigation into multiple complaints (#108383-C, #108255-C, #107202-C, #107132-C, and #105750-C) regarding the assisted living program.

Complaint Details
The complaint investigation involved multiple complaints (#108383-C, #108255-C, #107202-C, #107132-C, and #105750-C). No regulatory insufficiencies were found for complaints #108383-C, #108255-C, and #107202-C. Regulatory insufficiencies were cited for complaints #107132-C and #105750-C.
Findings
The investigation found regulatory insufficiencies related to tenant rights violations where tenants were not consistently treated with respect and dignity, and failures in documentation of routine personal or health-related care on task sheets for tenants receiving hospice care. Additionally, the program failed to retain tenant records for the required minimum of three years.

Violations (3)
Failure to ensure tenants were consistently treated with respect and dignity, affecting 2 of 6 tenants reviewed.
Failure to document the completion of routine personal or health-related care on task sheets for 3 of 5 tenants receiving hospice care.
Failure to retain tenant program records for a minimum of three years after transfer or death.
Report Facts
Number of tenants without cognitive disorder: 22 Number of tenants with cognitive disorder: 11 Number of tenants reviewed for respect and dignity deficiency: 6 Number of tenants affected by respect and dignity deficiency: 2 Number of tenants receiving hospice care reviewed for documentation deficiency: 5 Number of tenants affected by documentation deficiency: 3 Dates of retained task sheets: 8

Inspection Report — Jan 19, 2022

Recertification
Date: Jan 19, 2022

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The inspection was conducted as a recertification visit combined with complaint investigations for an Assisted Living Program for People with Dementia.

Complaint Details
The inspection included investigations of Complaint #101520-C and Complaint #97727-C.
Findings
The facility was found deficient in multiple areas including failure to provide required dependent adult abuse training within six months of hire, failure to maintain incident reports for discharged tenants, failure to have all parties sign service plans, failure to update service plans to reflect identified needs and preferences, and failure to provide eight hours of dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.

Violations (5)
Failed to provide the required 2 hours of dependent adult abuse training within six months of hire for 2 of 8 staff reviewed.
Failed to maintain incident reports as required for 2 of 3 discharged tenants reviewed.
Failed to have all parties sign the Service Plan for 3 of 3 discharged tenants reviewed.
Failed to update service plans to reflect the identified needs and preferences for 3 of 3 discharged tenants reviewed.
Failed to provide eight hours of dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment for 8 of 8 employees reviewed.
Report Facts
Staff reviewed: 8 Discharged tenants reviewed: 3 Dependent adult abuse training hours required: 2 Dementia-specific education hours required: 8

Employees mentioned
NameTitleContext
Staff BFailed to complete dependent adult abuse training within six months of hire.
Staff CFailed to complete dependent adult abuse training within six months of hire.
Staff AFailed to complete dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.
Staff DFailed to complete dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.
Staff EFailed to complete dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.
Staff FFailed to complete dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.
Staff GFailed to complete dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.
Staff HFailed to complete dementia-specific education within 30 days of employment.

Inspection Report — Dec 1, 2020

Complaint Investigation
Date: Dec 1, 2020

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The investigation was conducted due to Incident #89498-M involving medication diversion from tenants, including medications for Tenant #1.

Complaint Details
The complaint investigation was substantiated based on findings of medication diversion and failure to follow policies regarding abuse and neglect reporting and medication disposal. The program self-reported the allegation and failed to provide requested investigative documentation.
Findings
The program failed to consistently follow established policies and procedures related to medication management and nurse delegation. Specifically, medication diversion was identified involving Tenant #1, with missing Tramadol tablets and inadequate documentation of medication destruction and nurse delegation.

Violations (2)
Program failed to consistently follow established policies and procedures related to incident reports and medication management.
Program failed to maintain documentation of nurse delegated tasks.
Report Facts
Number of tenants without cognitive disorder: 25 Number of tenants with cognitive disorder: 4 Tablets of Tramadol received: 120 Tablets missing: 10

Employees mentioned
NameTitleContext
Staff AInterviewed and admitted to taking medications from tenants including Tenant #1; involved in medication diversion investigation
Staff BRecalled receiving Tramadol bubble pack cards and involved in medication diversion investigation
Staff CInterviewed regarding missing PRN Tramadol bubble pack card and medication diversion
Former RN CoordinatorSigned statements, questioned medication delivery, took pictures of medication cards, and coordinated interviews related to medication diversion
DirectorConfirmed lack of destruction records and nurse delegation documents; confirmed staff statements
Staff ACertified medication aideFailed to maintain nurse delegation documentation; employed at another branch before transfer

Inspection Report — Jan 15, 2020

Renewal
Date: Jan 15, 2020

Visit Reason
The inspection was a recertification visit to determine compliance with certification for an Assisted Living Program for People with Dementia.

Findings
The program was found deficient in nurse delegation procedures, specifically the newly hired registered nurse failed to delegate tasks to existing staff within 60 days of employment and failed to ensure newly hired staff received training within 30 days. Additionally, the program failed to update tenant service plans when changes were needed.

Violations (3)
The program’s newly hired registered nurse failed to delegate to 4 of 6 existing staff members within 60 days of beginning employment.
The program’s registered nurse failed to ensure newly hired staff received training within 30 days of beginning employment.
The program failed to update 2 of 5 tenant service plans when changes were needed.
Report Facts
Number of tenants without cognitive disorder (General Population): 32 Number of tenants with cognitive disorder (General Population): 3 Number of tenants without cognitive disorder (Memory Care Unit): 1 Number of tenants with cognitive disorder (Memory Care Unit): 5

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