Based on resident and staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled, Comprehensive Care Plan, the facility failed to ensure the right to participate in their care planning process for two of 41 residents (R) (R101 and R30). The deficient practice placed the residents at risk of not being aware of the goals and outcomes of their care and for their care plan not to be person centered.Findings include: Review of a facility policy titled Comprehensive Care Plan dated October 2025 indicated, .It is the policy of this facility to develop and implement a person-centered care plan for each resident, consistent with resident rights.The comprehensive care plan will be prepared by an interdisciplinary team, that includes, but is not limited to.The attending physician or… …
F553 citations in Georgia
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Georgia cites F553 more often than its own record predicts
2.46 times the share F553 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Georgia in 2025, this is the portion that was F553.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Georgia surveyors wrote
F553 findings written in Georgia, 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 Georgia citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.26% | 1.53× |
| 2024 | 0.07% | 0.36× |
| 2025 | 0.46% | 2.46× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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