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F604 citations in Maine

Restraints · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.

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Against expectation — 2025

Maine cites F604 more often than its own record predicts

Versus expected share1.03×

1.03 times the share F604 takes of citations nationally.

Share of Maine citations0.39%

Of every deficiency written in Maine in 2025, this is the portion that was F604.

Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.

In the surveyor’s words

What Maine surveyors wrote

F604 findings written in Maine, 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.

L · Immediate jeopardy, widespreadSeptember 17, 2024

Based on interviews, policy review and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident's right to remain free from a physical restraint in accordance with S483.12, resulting in an immediate jeopardy situation with psychosocial harm and the risk of physical harm including the potential to cause death [Resident #99 (R99)]. All residents remained at risk as the facility failed to develop and/or implement measures, to protect the residents from further use of unnecessary restraints. …

Waterville Center for Health and Rehab

D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedAugust 26, 2025

Based on review of the facility's investigation/written statements and interviews, the facility failed ensure that a resident was free from restraint when a Registered Nurse used body contact as a method of physical restraint to limit a resident's voluntary movement for 1 of 1 facility reported incidents reviewed (8/16/25). Finding:The facility's policy, Use of Restraints, revised 3/2025, indicated Physical Restraints are defined as any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material or equipment attached or adjacent to the resident's body that the individual cannot remove easily, which restricts freedom of movement or restricts normal access to one's body. …

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Recent years

YearShare of Maine citationsvs expected
20230.32%0.82×
20240.13%0.36×
20250.39%1.03×

Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.

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