Based on staff interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that new hire staff were trained on dementia care prior to caring for residents with dementia for one (1) of three (3) survey days. Findings Include: This tag is cross referenced to F 726, Competent Staff Record review of a typed statement on facility letterhead, dated September 11, 2024 and signed by the Executive Director revealed (Proper name of facility) do not have a policy on training staff or competency of staff. An interview on 09/10/24 at 11:05 AM, with Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) #1 and CNA #2 revealed they both had been working at the facility for about 4 months and had not been trained on dementia care. …
F947 citations in Mississippi
Nurse aide training · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Mississippi cites F947 less often than its own record predicts
0.33 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi in 2024, this is the portion that was F947.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Mississippi surveyors wrote
F947 findings written in Mississippi, 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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