Based on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to implement its abuse policy, allowing an abusive act to occur without staff intervening or prompt reporting for two (2) of four (4) sampled residents. Resident #1 was physically abused on 3/7/25 by Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) #1 which was witnessed by CNA #3 and Resident #2 was verbally abused by CNA #1 and was witnessed by CNA #2. CNA #1 and CNA #2 did not intervene to prevent the violation of the residents' rights to be free from abuse. The facility's failure to intervene and immediately report to the Administrator placed Resident #1, Resident #2 and other residents at risk for similar abuse including the risk for serious harm, injury, impairment, or death. …
F607 citations in Mississippi
Abuse-prevention policies · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Mississippi cites F607 more often than its own record predicts
1.17 times the share F607 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi in 2025, this is the portion that was F607.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Mississippi surveyors wrote
F607 findings written in Mississippi, 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 interviews, record reviews, and review of the facility's Abuse Policy, the facility failed to implement their policy and procedures to protect residents from abuse and to thoroughly investigate and report allegations of abuse and neglect to the State Agencies for three (3) of 47 sampled residents, Resident (R) #55, R #157, and R #158. Two (2) allegations of verbal abuse and one (1) allegation of neglect were reported to staff, which rose to the harm level due to the Resident #55's fear of retaliation. Resident #55, a cognitively intact resident, was neglected by Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #143 (second incident) on 02/04/19, when the CNA failed to assist the resident to the bathroom over a four (4) hour period. R #55 reported the neglect to staff on 02/04/19. …
Based on interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to implement their facility policy for reporting an alleged allegation of misappropriation of resident funds to the appropriate agencies for one (1) of four (4) residents reviewed for allegations of misappropriation. Resident #2 Findings Include:Record review of the facility policy titled Incident investigation & (and) Reporting revised 5/24, revealed under, Purpose: To provide guidance to the facility for investigation and reporting incidents of abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation of property and/or other reportable incidents to MSDH (Mississippi State Department of Health), Attorney General, local law enforcement, and others as required by state and federal requirements .An interview with the… …
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