Based on review of policies and procedures with the Nursing Supervisor (employee #15) on 09/09/2024 at 10:20 AM, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that residents who have a prosthetic device receive care and assistance in the resident's goals and preferences in accordance with the comprehensive plan of care for wearing and using the prosthesis. Findings include: 1. During the review of the procedure's manual, the policy and procedure with professional standards of protheses practice. The Nursing Supervisor (employee #15) was interviewed to see if they could find it in the manual. The facility failed to not ensure that it had a standard of practice on the plan of care and goals for getting the patient to use the prosthesis.
F696 citations in Puerto Rico
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care/assistance for a resident with a prosthesis.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Puerto Rico cites F696 more often than its own record predicts
95.27 times the share F696 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Puerto Rico in 2024, this is the portion that was F696.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Puerto Rico surveyors wrote
F696 findings written in Puerto Rico, 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 review of policies and procedures with the Compliance Officer (employee #2) on 09/24/2024 at 1:12 PM, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that residents who have a prosthetic device receive care and assistance in the resident's goals and preferences in accordance with the comprehensive plan of care for wearing and using the prosthesis. Findings include: 1. During the review of the procedure's manual, the policy and procedure with professional standards of protheses practice. The Compliance Officer (employee #2) was interviewed to see if they could find it in the manual. The facility failed to not ensure that it had a standard of practice on the plan of care and goals for getting the patient to use the prosthesis.
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