Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to honor a resident's preference for three showers a week for 1 (#6) of 23 sampled residents. This deficient practice resulted in the resident frequently receiving only one shower a week. Findings include: During an interview on 6/27/26 at 3:47 p.m., resident #6 stated she had not been getting showers as often as she had wanted.During an interview on 6/28/26 at 2:33 p.m., resident #6 stated, My shower days are supposed to be Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. Most of the time I just get a shower on Monday. …
F561 citations in Montana
Self-determination · Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Montana cites F561 less often than its own record predicts
0.81 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Montana in 2025, this is the portion that was F561.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Montana surveyors wrote
F561 findings written in Montana, 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 Montana citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.56% | 1.08× |
| 2024 | 0.52% | 1.27× |
| 2025 | 0.31% | 0.81× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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