Based in review of facility policy, documentation provided by the facility, clinical record review, and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to protect the resident's right to be free from involuntary seclusion by a staff member (Resident 1).Findings include: Review of the facility policy and procedure, titled Abuse Prohibition, revised October 24, 2022, read, in part, the Center prohibits abuse, mistreatment, involuntary seclusion. Involuntary seclusion is definition included confinement of a resident to their room against the resident's will. Anyone who witnesses an incident of suspected abuse is to tell the abuser to stop immediately and report the incident to her/her supervisor immediately, regardless of shift worked. …
F603 citations in Pennsylvania
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Pennsylvania cites F603 less often than its own record predicts
0.67 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Pennsylvania in 2025, this is the portion that was F603.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Pennsylvania surveyors wrote
F603 findings written in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.03% | 1.61× |
| 2024 | 0.01% | 0.26× |
| 2025 | 0.03% | 0.67× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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