Based on interview, record review, and observation, the facility failed to: 1) Ensure residents received meals at times and in a manner consistent with their needs, preferences, and requests; and 2) Consistently offer access to suitable snacks or alternative meals outside of scheduled mealtimes to prevent prolonged periods without nourishment. These failed practices placed all 75 residents, who received food from the kitchen, at risk of less-than-optimal nutritional intake and decreased quality of life. Findings: During an interview on 5/21/25 at 2:01 PM, members of the Resident Council (Residents #'s 18; 20; 28; 34; 35; 47; 48; 68; and 87) shared their concerns about how close mealtimes were scheduled and the 15-hour gap between dinner (between 4:15 and 5:00 PM) and breakfast (8:00 AM). …
F809 citations in Alaska
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Alaska cites F809 more often than its own record predicts
2.79 times the share F809 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Alaska in 2025, this is the portion that was F809.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alaska surveyors wrote
F809 findings written in Alaska, 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.
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