Tube feeding · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
F693 in Connecticut. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Connecticut cites F693 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.36×
0.36 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Connecticut citations0.25%
Of every deficiency written in Connecticut in 2025, this is the portion that was F693.
Connecticut0.25%
National0.70%
Share of all citations that were F693.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Connecticut surveyors wrote
F693 findings written in Connecticut, 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJuly 9, 2026
Based on review of the clinical record, facility documentation, facility policy and interviews for the only resident (Resident #54) reviewed for tube feeding, the facility failed to notify the physician and obtain a physician's order prior to changing a gastrostomy tube (GT). The findings include: Resident #54's diagnosis included cerebral vascular accident (CVA) with gastrostomy status, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), and nutritional deficiency. A physician order dated 3/6/36 and currently in effect directed a tube feeding (TF) of Jevity 1.2 at 105/hr for 17 hours on at 4:00 PM and off at 9:00 AM with water flushes of 240 cubic centimeters (cc) every shift at 6:00 AM, 2:00 PM and 10:00 PM. …
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