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 Vermont. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Vermont cites F809 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.67×
1.67 times the share F809 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Vermont citations0.32%
Of every deficiency written in Vermont in 2025, this is the portion that was F809.
Vermont0.32%
National0.19%
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 Vermont surveyors wrote
F809 findings written in Vermont, 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, widespreadDecember 17, 2025
Based on record review, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to provide substantial snacks at bedtime when there is more than14 hours between a substantial evening meal and breakfast the following day. This has the potential to impact all residents. Findings include: 1. Per review of the medical record for Resident #106, it revealed the resident has medical diagnosis that include end stage renal disease, dependence on renal dialysis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, anemia in chronic kidney disease, pulmonary hypertension, generalized edema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, insomnia, and chronic diastolic heart failure. …
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