Based on record review, staff, resident, and resident representative interviews, it has been determined that the facility failed to ensure that a resident has the right to receive notices orally (meaning spoken) and in writing (including Braille) in a format and a language he or she understands, for 1 of 1 resident reviewed who's primary language is Spanish, Resident ID #1. Findings are as follows: Record review of a community reported complaint submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Health on 1/2/2025 alleged that a staff member had Resident ID #1 sign financial and admission documents, which s/he was not able to read, because the documents were not written in Spanish. …
F574 citations in Rhode Island
Resident Rights Deficiencies
The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Rhode Island cites F574 more often than its own record predicts
4.47 times the share F574 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, this is the portion that was F574.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F574 findings written in Rhode Island, 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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