Based on interview, observation, and record review, the facility failed to provide direction and oversight of the activity program by ensuring a qualified professional directed the development, implementation, and coordination of resident activities. The facility failed to maintain leadership of the activity department after the Activities Director position became vacant, failed to ensure staff assigned activity responsibilities were trained and competent to perform the duties of the position, and failed to maintain basic components of the activity program including development and distribution of monthly activity calendars. …
F680 citations in Minnesota
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Minnesota cites F680 less often than its own record predicts
0.51 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Minnesota in 2024, this is the portion that was F680.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Minnesota surveyors wrote
F680 findings written in Minnesota, 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 interview and document review, the facility failed to have a therapeutic recreation director (i.e., activities director) whom was successfully qualified and/or credentialed, as required, to ensure competent assessment and implementation of activities programming within the care center. This had potential to affect all 66 residents at the time of survey. Findings include: R32's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS), dated [DATE], identified R32 had intact cognition. On [DATE] at 5:03 p.m., R32 was interviewed. R32 stated she enjoyed the activities programs during the week but expressed there was not enough of them on weekends adding, On weekends, no. R32 stated she, at times, became bored on the weekends adding she would wander around to find people to converse with mostly. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Minnesota citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.06% | 0.66× |
| 2024 | 0.04% | 0.51× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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