F550 in Alaska. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Alaska cites F550 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.50×
1.50 times the share F550 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Alaska citations3.19%
Of every deficiency written in Alaska in 2025, this is the portion that was F550.
Alaska3.19%
National2.13%
Share of all citations that were F550.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alaska surveyors wrote
F550 findings written in Alaska, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
G · Actual harm, isolatedDecember 5, 2022
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents were able to exercise their rights as residents of the facility. Specifically, the facility: 1) Failed to honor the resident's right to discontinue, or refuse continued, peri cares (the cleansing of a resident's genital/anal area) for 1 resident (#12), out of 11 sampled residents; and 2) Made it a stipulation for all residents, based on a census of 17, to be COVID-19 vaccinated as a requirement of admission to the facility. This failed practice violated the resident's right to: 1) stop a treatment or intervention, which resulted in psychosocial harm; and 2) choose to be immunized. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJune 12, 2026
.Based on record review, interview, and observation, the facility failed to ensure staff treated 1 resident (#39), of 14 sampled residents, with dignity and respect by honoring the resident's expressed preference for how staff announced themselves before entering the resident's room. Specifically, staff knocked on Resident #39's door despite the resident's known request that staff ring the mounted doorbell instead of knocking due to knocking being a trigger related to the resident's history of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD - a mental health condition that's caused by an extremely stressful or terrifying event). …
C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadNovember 9, 2018
Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to ensure an environment that maintained and/or enhanced each resident's dignity and respect during dining. Specifically the facility failed to: 1) ask resident's permission when applying clothing protectors for 15 Residents (#s 1; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16 and 17), out of a total census of 17; 2) provide feeding assistance for 1 resident (#12) in a dignified manner; and 3) inquire if 1 resident (#11) was done eating prior to ending a meal. …
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