F224: Protect each resident from mistreatment, neglect and misappropriation of personal property
F224 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Protect each resident from mistreatment, neglect and misappropriation of personal property.
It sits in CMS's freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation category.
CMS Health Deficiencies file, data as of September 1, 2026. The files hold each home's last three standard inspections and three years of complaint visits.
How seriously inspectors rate it
Every citation gets a letter for how much harm inspectors found and how many residents it touched (how to read the letters). 0.0% of F224 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: D 1.
Most recent F224 citations
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10, 2017 | Nans Pointe Rehabilitation and Nursing | Suffolk, VA | D |
F224 citations by state
Counts depend on how many homes a state has and how often its inspectors visit, so a larger number is not by itself a worse record.
| State | Citations |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 1 |
By inspection year: 2017 1.
Common questions
- What is F224 in a nursing home inspection?
- F224 is the federal requirement to "protect each resident from mistreatment, neglect and misappropriation of personal property". CMS files it under freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. A home cited under F224 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F224 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 1 F224 citations at 1 nursing homes, 0 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.0% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F224 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F224 citations (100.0%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. None in the current files is at the immediate jeopardy level.
The interpretive guidance inspectors use for each F-tag is CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. NursingHomeClear reports the citations as CMS records them and is not affiliated with CMS. All F-tags · Methodology