Based on resident interview, staff interview, facility document review, and clinical record review, the facility staff failed to invite residents and/or residents' representatives to attend and participate in care plan meetings for two of 27 residents in the survey sample, Residents #16, and #8. The findings include:1. For Resident #16 (R16), the facility staff failed to invite the resident and the resident's representative to attend and participate in care plan meetings in 2025. On the most recent MDS (minimum data set), a quarterly assessment with an ARD (assessment reference date) of 7/20/25, R16 scored 14 out of 15 on the BIMS (brief interview for mental status), indicating the resident was cognitively intact for making daily decisions. …
F553 citations in Virginia
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
Virginia cites F553 more often than its own record predicts
1.24 times the share F553 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Virginia 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 Virginia surveyors wrote
F553 findings written in Virginia, 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 Virginia citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.26% | 1.57× |
| 2024 | 0.05% | 0.29× |
| 2025 | 0.23% | 1.24× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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