Based on review of policy and procedure with the insititutional program director (employee #6), it was determined that facility failed to establish the structure to comply with the resident right to share a room with his or her spouse, with his or her roommate of choice when practicable when residents live in the same facility and receive written notice, including the reason for the change, before the resident's room or roommate in the facility is changed. Findings include: During the survey process it was request to the facility the resident right manual and the personnel in charge to monitor compliance with resident rights and it was found the following: 1. No personnel was assigned to be in charge or monitor compliance of facility with resident rights. 2. …
F559 citations in Puerto Rico
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Puerto Rico cites F559 more often than its own record predicts
10.37 times the share F559 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Puerto Rico in 2024, this is the portion that was F559.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Puerto Rico surveyors wrote
F559 findings written in Puerto Rico, 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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