Based on clinical record review, surveyor observation, and resident and staff interviews, the facility failed to follow the weekly menu relative to providing soup daily as stated on the menu for 4 of 4 units. Additionally, the facility failed to ensure that the residents' meal tickets matched the meal served to each resident, affecting Resident ID #s 12, 20, 45, 56, 58, 76, 93, and 115. Findings are as follows:Record review revealed that Resident ID #93 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including, but not limited to, type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure.Record review of the Quarterly Minimum Data Set assessment dated [DATE] revealed a Brief Interview for Mental Status score of 15 of 15, indicating intact cognition.During a surveyor interview during the initial… …
F803 citations in Rhode Island
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 — 2025
Rhode Island cites F803 less often than its own record predicts
0.84 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, 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 Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F803 findings written in Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.19% | 0.26× |
| 2024 | 0.30% | 0.41× |
| 2025 | 0.52% | 0.84× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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