Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies F-Tags — Nursing Home Deficiency Citations

The Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies category covers 49 CMS F-Tags. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this category accounts for 108,691 deficiency citations across 13,878 skilled nursing facilities. 4,726 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity.

All F-Tags in Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies, Ranked by Citations

  1. F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 21,405 citations
  2. F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 16,397 citations
  3. F-Tag F0677: ADL Care Provided for Dependent Residents — 10,325 citations
  4. F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 9,401 citations
  5. F-Tag F0686: Treatment/Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers — 8,731 citations
  6. F-Tag F0690: Bowel/Bladder Incontinence Catheter UTI — 6,296 citations
  7. F-Tag F0692: Nutrition/Hydration Status Maintenance — 5,319 citations
  8. F-Tag F0688: Increase/Prevent Decrease in ROM/Mobility — 3,913 citations
  9. F-Tag F0698: Dialysis — 3,355 citations
  10. F-Tag F0697: Pain Management — 3,211 citations
  11. F-Tag F0693: Tube Feeding Management/Restore Eating Skills — 2,940 citations
  12. F-Tag F0679: Activities Meet Interest/Needs of Each Resident — 2,434 citations
  13. F-Tag F0700: Bedrails — 1,673 citations
  14. F-Tag F0676: Activities of Daily Living/Maintain Abilities — 1,592 citations
  15. F-Tag F0791: Routine/Emergency Dental Services in NFs — 1,235 citations
  16. F-Tag F0685: Treatment/Devices to Maintain Hearing/Vision — 1,191 citations
  17. F-Tag F0694: Parenteral/IV Fluids — 1,169 citations
  18. F-Tag F0740: Behavioral Health Services — 1,070 citations
  19. F-Tag F0699: Trauma Informed Care — 962 citations
  20. F-Tag F0744: Treatment/Service for Dementia — 959 citations
  21. F-Tag F0745: Provision of Medically Related Social Services — 793 citations
  22. F-Tag F0678: Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) — 767 citations
  23. F-Tag F0687: Foot Care — 760 citations
  24. F-Tag F0825: Provide/Obtain Specialized Rehab Services — 541 citations
  25. F-Tag F0790: Routine/Emergency Dental Services in SNFs — 528 citations
  26. F-Tag F0742: Treatment/Service for Mental/Psychosocial Concerns — 509 citations
  27. F-Tag F0691: Colostomy Urostomy or Ileostomy Care — 319 citations
  28. F-Tag F0680: Qualifications of Activity Professional — 319 citations
  29. F-Tag F0741: Sufficient/Competent Staff-Behavioral Health — 223 citations
  30. F-Tag F0675: Quality of Life — 191 citations
  31. F-Tag F0826: Rehab Services-Physician Order/Qualified Person — 31 citations
  32. F-Tag F0309: Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident . — 24 citations
  33. F-Tag F0696: Prostheses — 23 citations
  34. F-Tag F0743: No Pattern of Behavioral Difficulties Unless Unavoidable — 18 citations
  35. F-Tag F0282: Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care. — 12 citations
  36. F-Tag F0314: Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores. — 11 citations
  37. F-Tag F0281: Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. — 11 citations
  38. F-Tag F0315: Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions. — 9 citations
  39. F-Tag F0312: Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene. — 5 citations
  40. F-Tag F0248: Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident. — 3 citations
  41. F-Tag F0328: Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses. — 3 citations
  42. F-Tag F0311: Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves. — 3 citations
  43. F-Tag F0250: Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. — 2 citations
  44. F-Tag F0322: Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible. — 2 citations
  45. F-Tag F0334: Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations. — 2 citations
  46. F-Tag F0313: Ensure that residents receive proper treatment and assistive devices to maintain their vision and hearing. — 1 citations
  47. F-Tag F0325: Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status. — 1 citations
  48. F-Tag F0318: Ensure that residents with limited range of motion receive appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion or prevent further decrease in range of motion. — 1 citations
  49. F-Tag F0411: Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident. — 1 citations

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