Based on observation, interviews, record review and review of a facility policy titled, Promoting/Maintaining Resident Dignity, the facility failed to ensure Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #7 did not stand while feeding Resident Identifier (RI) #6 the lunch meal on 07/30/2024. This deficient practice affected RI #6; one of one resident observed being fed by facility staff. Findings Include: Review of a facility policy titled, Promoting/Maintaining Resident Dignity, with a Copyright date of 2023, revealed the following: Policy: It is the practice of this facility to protect and promote resident rights and treat each resident with respect and dignity . Compliance Guidelines: 1. All staff members are involved in providing care to residents to promote and maintain resident dignity . …
F557 citations in Alabama
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Alabama cites F557 more often than its own record predicts
1.37 times the share F557 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2024, this is the portion that was F557.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F557 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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