Based on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure proper treatment and assistive devices to maintain vision abilities for one (#74) of two residents reviewed for ancillary services of 35 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure Resident #74 received glasses timely.Findings include:I. Facility policy and procedureThe Vision and Hearing Assistive Devices policy and procedure, reviewed 9/18/25, was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 7/15/26 at 3:38 p.m. The policy read in pertinent part, The facility will assist as needed with making appointments and arranging transportation to obtain needed services. …
F685 citations in Colorado
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Colorado cites F685 more often than its own record predicts
2.77 times the share F685 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Colorado in 2025, this is the portion that was F685.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Colorado surveyors wrote
F685 findings written in Colorado, 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 Colorado citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.93% | 3.50× |
| 2024 | 1.27% | 4.47× |
| 2025 | 0.67% | 2.77× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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