Based on observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents received substantial nourishing snacks per their preferences. Specifically, the facility failed to:-Ensure residents received snacks upon request; and, -Ensure nourishing snacks were available for diabetic residents. Findings include:I. Resident group interviewSix residents (#18, #24, #33, #48, #71 and #93) who regularly attended the resident council meetings were interviewed on 8/19/25 at 2:20 p.m. The residents were identified as alert and oriented by the facility and assessment.The group of residents said the facility did not provide a variety of snacks and did not provide enough snacks for all the residents. The residents said the units often ran out of snacks in the evening. …
F809 citations in Colorado
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
Colorado cites F809 more often than its own record predicts
1.17 times the share F809 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Colorado 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 Colorado surveyors wrote
F809 findings written in Colorado, 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 Colorado citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.08% | 0.38× |
| 2024 | 0.15% | 0.70× |
| 2025 | 0.22% | 1.17× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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