Based on review of facility provided documents, clinical records and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that a resident's legal surrogate (power of attorney) was provided access to medical records for one of two residents (Resident R51).Findings include: Review of the clinical record revealed that Resident R51 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Review of the Minimum Data Set (MDS - periodic assessment of resident care needs) dated 12/10/25, included diagnoses of neurogenic bladder (bladder problems due to disease or injury of the nervous system involved in the control of urination), anemia (too little iron in the body causing fatigue), and history of a stroke. …
F551 citations in Pennsylvania
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 — 2025
Pennsylvania cites F551 less often than its own record predicts
0.20 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Pennsylvania in 2025, 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 Pennsylvania surveyors wrote
F551 findings written in Pennsylvania, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Pennsylvania citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.03% | 0.58× |
| 2024 | 0.01% | 0.17× |
| 2025 | 0.02% | 0.20× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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