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.
F809 in Rhode Island. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2024
Rhode Island cites F809 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.39×
1.39 times the share F809 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Rhode Island citations0.30%
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2024, this is the portion that was F809.
Rhode Island0.30%
National0.21%
Share of all citations that were F809.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F809 findings written in Rhode Island, 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.
F · No harm, potential for more than minimal, widespreadJuly 11, 2024
Based on record review, resident, and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to ensure that nourishing snacks were offered to residents at bedtime, for 5 of 9 residents interviewed for bedtime snacks, Resident ID #s 2, 3, 5, 18, and 36.
Findings are as follows:
According to the State Operations Manual for Long Term Care regarding Frequency of Meals, it states in part, There must be no more than 14 hours between a substantial evening meal and breakfast the following day, except when a nourishing snack is served at bedtime .
During the resident council meeting held on 7/10/2024 at 11:00 AM, 5 out of 9 resident council members who were in attendance indicated that bedtime snacks are not offered. …
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