This is a past non-compliance deficiency for an incident that occurred on 02/26/20 and was corrected on 02/28/20. Based on record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to provide after hour snacks that met a resident's required textured diet (an appropriate consistency of food that can be easily chewed and swallowed) for 1 (R #225) of 3 (R #'s 9, 59, & 225) residents reviewed for diet consistency. This deficient practice likely resulted in a choking incident. The findings are: A. …
F805 citations in New Mexico
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 — 2025
New Mexico cites F805 less often than its own record predicts
0.35 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico in 2025, 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 New Mexico surveyors wrote
F805 findings written in New Mexico, 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 interviews and record review, the facility failed to provide a diet in accordance with physician orders for 1 (R #4) of 1 (R #4) resident reviewed for nutrition when:The facility did not ensure therapeutic dysphagia care (the clinical treatment of swallowing disorders using rehabilitative and compensatory interventions to improve swallowing function and reduce the risk of aspiration) was followed and sent R #4 to dialysis with food items (sandwich) inconsistent with his ordered renal/dysphagia advanced diet.Dietary staff and nursing leadership lacked awareness of and oversight over the contents of dialysis sack lunches, placing the resident at risk for aspiration and inadequate nutritional management. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of New Mexico citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.61% | 1.73× |
| 2024 | 0.10% | 0.28× |
| 2025 | 0.11% | 0.35× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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