Based on observation, interview, and policy review, it was determined the facility failed to ensure residents were routinely provided nourishing evening snacks. This was true for 5 of 7 resident's (#5, #26, #31, #56, and #115) who attended the resident council discussion with surveyors. This failure created the potential for residents to experience hunger between meals, increased fatigue, weight loss, and poor quality of sleep. Findings include: The CMS SOM, Appendix PP, updated 4/25/25, documented no more than 14 hours between a substantial evening meal and breakfast the following day should elapse, except when a nourishing snack is served at bedtime, up to 16 hours may elapse between a substantial evening meal and breakfast the following day if a resident group agrees to this meal span. …
F809 citations in Idaho
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
Idaho cites F809 less often than its own record predicts
0.87 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Idaho 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 Idaho surveyors wrote
F809 findings written in Idaho, 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 Idaho citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.62% | 2.91× |
| 2025 | 0.17% | 0.87× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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