Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
F808 in Minnesota. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Minnesota cites F808 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.33×
1.33 times the share F808 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Minnesota citations0.19%
Of every deficiency written in Minnesota in 2025, this is the portion that was F808.
Minnesota0.19%
National0.15%
Share of all citations that were F808.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Minnesota surveyors wrote
F808 findings written in Minnesota, 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.
J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedJanuary 28, 2026
Based on observation, interview and document review the facility failed to ensure modified diet orders were served in accordance with physician's orders for 3 of 4 residents (R1, R2, R3) who were at risk of aspiration and choking. This resulted in an immediate jeopardy for R1 and R3 when R1 was served food despite a strict order for nothing by mouth (NPO) and R3 who had a history of dysphasia (difficulty swallowing) and was served non pureed meat, not in accordance with the prescribed diet. The IJ began on 1/19/26, when dining assistant (DA) served R1 a regular textured meal consisting of a sandwich against physician's orders for NPO. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJanuary 8, 2026
Based on observations, interview, and document review, the facility failed to ensure 1 of 1 resident (R7) had received the appropriate therapeutic diet as ordered by the physician, timely notify the physician of a previous choking episode, and follow policy and procedure by having only cooks dish up food from the serving line to serve to residents in order to ensure diets were accurately given as ordered to each resident. Findings include: Review of the 12/25/25, facility reported incident to the State Agency identified R7 had been seated at a table in the dining room. Nursing assistant (NA)-A observed R7 coughing and turning red. NA-A approached R7 and patted him on the back and directed him to spit the food out of his mouth. …
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