Based on observation, review of the clinical record, facility policy, and interviews for the only sampled resident (Resident #155) reviewed for smoking, the facility failed to ensure the Nursing Re/admission evaluation was completed and signed by an Registered Nurse, failed to develop a Resident Care Plan and failed to offer smoking cessation support in accordance with the facility's policy. The findings include:Resident #155's diagnoses included radiculopathy in the lumbosacral region (nerve compression in the lower back), bipolar disorder, and asthma.The Nursing Admission/readmission Evaluation dated 5/13/26 identified Resident was alert and oriented to person, place, time, and situation, and lifestyle evaluation identified positive tobacco use, however the amount, frequency, and length… …
F926 citations in Connecticut
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Connecticut cites F926 less often than its own record predicts
0.83 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Connecticut in 2025, this is the portion that was F926.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Connecticut surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Connecticut, 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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