Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure 1 of 3 residents (Resident 1) reviewed for abuse investigations was free from misappropriation of property. Resident 1, who had impaired thinking and lacked the ability of a reasonable person to provide informed consent for either purchases made by staff member or designations to bank accounts, experienced harm when they suffered a substantial loss of monetary funds after staff accessed their financial accounts for personal gain without permission and placed other residents at risk for financial exploitation. Findings included . …
F602 citations in Washington
Misappropriation and exploitation · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Washington cites F602 less often than its own record predicts
0.39 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Washington in 2025, this is the portion that was F602.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Washington surveyors wrote
F602 findings written in Washington, 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.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to implement a process to maintain inventory of residents' personal belongings for 2 of 3 residents (Residents 1 and 2) reviewed for loss of personal property. This failure placed residents at risk for inability to safeguard personal property, inability to receive replacement/reimbursement for missing property, and increased the risk of theft, loss and misappropriation.Findings included. Review of a facility policy titled, Notice of Theft and Loss Control Policy, updated March 2025, showed that the facility made reasonable efforts to safeguard resident property and valuables, and that suspected theft or loss of resident property was timely and thoroughly investigated. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Washington citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.05% | 0.17× |
| 2024 | 0.09% | 0.22× |
| 2025 | 0.17% | 0.39× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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