Based on observation, interview, record review and policy review, the facility failed to serve food to residents in accordance with the physician's order, for one (1) of four (4) residents, of 39 residents, with orders for Mechanically Altered Diets, Resident #1. An Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) existed on [DATE], when Resident #1 was served a Regular Diet with a piece of whole sliced turkey, instead of a Mechanical Soft Diet with Chopped Meats. Resident #1 choked on the whole sliced turkey, suffered cardiopulmonary arrest, was transferred to the hospital and placed on a ventilator. Resident #1 expired on [DATE], related to the choking incident, when she received the wrong diet. …
F805 citations in Mississippi
Food in a form residents can eat · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Mississippi cites F805 less often than its own record predicts
0.38 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi in 2023, this is the portion that was F805.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Mississippi surveyors wrote
F805 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, staff and resident representative interview, record review and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure a mechanical soft, chopped meat diet was provided for one (1) of five (5) residents observed for dining. Resident #19 Findings Include: Review of the facility's policy, Dental Soft Diet (Mechanical), undated, revealed, . Principle:To use regular foods of a consistency which may be easily chewed and swallowed .Food Groups .Meat, Fish, Fowl .Foods Excluded .Any whole meat . On 7/31/23 at 1:00 PM, during an observation and interview, Resident #19 was sitting up in bed with her lunch meal in front of her on an overbed table. …
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