Based on observation, record review and staff interviews for one (1) of 75 sampled residents, facility staff failed to respect a resident's right to personal privacy, including the right to promptly receive unopened mail, evidenced by a resident's personal mail being opened without his signed consent. (Resident #111) The findings included: An undated facility policy titled Mail Handling documented, Each resident shall be ensured the right to privacy in written communications including promptly sending and receiving unopened mail and having access to stationary, postage, and writing implements, and, Procedures: 1. …
F583 citations in District of Columbia
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
District of Columbia cites F583 more often than its own record predicts
1.72 times the share F583 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in District of Columbia in 2024, this is the portion that was F583.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What District of Columbia surveyors wrote
F583 findings written in District of Columbia, 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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