Based on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to provide accessible dining equipment and utensils for residents who need them for one (#172) of one resident reviewed for adaptive equipment out of 59 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to provide adaptive drinking equipment for Resident #172. Findings include: I. Facility policy and procedure The Adaptive Equipment policy and procedure, revised October 2024, was provided by the nursing home administrator (NHA) on 1/16/25 at 9:22 p.m. It read in pertinent part It is the policy of the facility to evaluate and provide adaptive equipment for residents who have been identified at risk for contractures, skin breakdown, assisting with eating. …
F810 citations in Colorado
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Colorado cites F810 less often than its own record predicts
0.89 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Colorado in 2025, this is the portion that was F810.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Colorado surveyors wrote
F810 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% | 0.63× |
| 2024 | 0.07% | 0.57× |
| 2025 | 0.11% | 0.89× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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