Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed: to ensure residents were smoking at a minimum of 25 feet away from the facility doors for 1 (#14); to ensure residents with a low BIMS score were not independently smoking for 2 (#s 6 and 13); and ensure all smoking materials were stored in the appropriate place for 1 (#5) of 15 sampled residents. Findings include: During an interview on 11/19/24 at 10:55 a.m., staff member C stated smoking assessments were completed upon admission and as needed if there was a change in condition. Staff member C stated the smoking supplies were locked up and only nurses and the social services department had the keys. …
F926 citations in Montana
Environmental Deficiencies
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Montana cites F926 more often than its own record predicts
3.13 times the share F926 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Montana in 2024, 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 Montana surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Montana, 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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