Based on clinical record review, document review and interview, the facility failed to ensure a resident who lacked decisional capacity did not acknowledge receipt of and sign information acknowledgment sheets provided as a part of the facility's admission paperwork for 1 of 20 sampled residents (Resident (R) 16). This failure had the potential to undermine the rights and best interests of the protected person and the guardian's rights when making decisions for the resident's options for care and treatment needs. Findings include: R16 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses including dementia. …
F551 citations in Nevada
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Nevada cites F551 more often than its own record predicts
3.42 times the share F551 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Nevada in 2023, this is the portion that was F551.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Nevada surveyors wrote
F551 findings written in Nevada, 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.
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