Based on observation, interview, and record review facility failed to ensure a resident was provided adaptive devices used to promote adequate hydration for one of one (Resident #2). Findings include:Per record review, Resident #2 was admitted to the facility with diagnoses that include type 2 diabetes mellitus, essential tremor, and mild cognitive impairment. Review of Resident #2's care plan reveals that s/he has a swallowing problem related to a medical decline and that s/he had choked on a meatball. Care plan interventions include the use of a 2 handled mug with spouted lid. …
F810 citations in Vermont
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
Vermont cites F810 more often than its own record predicts
2.53 times the share F810 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Vermont 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 Vermont surveyors wrote
F810 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.
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