Based on interviews, observations, resident record review, and review of a facility policy titled, Federal Rights of Resident/Guest(s) the facility failed to ensure Resident Identifier (RI) #7 was informed in his/her language, of care being provided. Findings include: A review of the facility policy titled Federal Rights of Resident/Guest(s) with an effective date of 11/28/2016 revealed: . STANDARD: (a) Resident/Guest rights. The resident/guest has the right to a dignified existence, self determination, and communication with and access to persons and services inside and outside the facility. (c) Planning and implementing care. …
F552 citations in Alabama
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Alabama cites F552 more often than its own record predicts
1.90 times the share F552 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2024, this is the portion that was F552.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F552 findings written in Alabama, 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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