Based on staff interviews, record review, and facility policy review the facility failed to ensure a resident with a history of choking on [DATE] was ordered a therapeutic diet to prevented a choking incident on [DATE] and again on [DATE] which required Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and hospitalization with a poor recovery prognosis for one (1) of six (6) residents reviewed for diets. The facility failed to identify a choking incident on [DATE] with required hospitalization for three (3) days and removal of a food bolus from his oropharynx and failed to identify an [DATE] choking incident that required the Heimlich maneuver to remove the food bolus from his oropharynx in the facility. This failure resulted in the resident not receiving services to prevent choking episodes. …
F803 citations in Mississippi
Menus · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Mississippi cites F803 less often than its own record predicts
0.28 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi in 2024, this is the portion that was F803.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Mississippi surveyors wrote
F803 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 observation, interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to identify, document, and accommodate food preferences and failed to ensure a resident knew that a substitute meal was available for one (1) of (15) sampled residents. Resident #33.Findings Include:Record review of the facility policy Tray Identification Cards Tickets undated revealed, .Special needs, request and preferences of each individual resident is documented .During Resident Council meeting at 10:21 AM on 08/11/26, Resident #33 revealed that the dietary staff consistently gave her meals that she did not like, for example, she stated she absolutely hates tuna fish. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Mississippi citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.27% | 0.36× |
| 2024 | 0.20% | 0.28× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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