Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to provide training to their staff, that at a minimum educates staff on, abuse and neglect.Findings are as follows:Record review of the most recent abuse in-service training sign-in sheet, dated 1/5/2025, titled Staff Sign Off Sheet for Abuse and Neglect, along with a folder containing abuse post-tests provided by the Director of Nursing Services (DNS), revealed that only 13 of the 28 listed nursing staff had signed indicating attendance at the abuse training. Further review of the post-tests revealed that only three had been completed by staff. …
F943 citations in Rhode Island
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
Rhode Island cites F943 more often than its own record predicts
1.40 times the share F943 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2023, this is the portion that was F943.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F943 findings written in Rhode Island, 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.
Based on record review and staff interview it has been determined that the facility failed to provide training to their staff, that at a minimum includes abuse, neglect, exploitation, and misappropriation of resident property and dementia management. Findings are as follows: Record review of a listing of current staff provided to the surveyors, revealed that the facility has 143 staff members. Record review of a sign in sheet for a Resident abuse/neglect in-service training dated May 2022, lacked a specific date or time, revealed 36 signatures of staff members who attended the in-service, for approximately 25 percent of staff educated. Review of staff education binder lacked evidence of Dementia Inservice attendance by staff. …
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