F240: Provide care for each resident in a way that maintains or improves their quality of life
F240 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Provide care for each resident in a way that maintains or improves their quality of life.
It sits in CMS's resident rights 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 F240 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: D 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F240 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, August 30, 2017, scope and severity DBased on on observation, staff interview, facility documentation review and clinical record review, the facility staff failed, for one resident (Resident #6) in the survey sample of 24 residents, to provide a dignified living experience during medication administration. The facility staff applied a pain patch to Resident #6's back, asked her to lean forward, and then used a black marker to write the day, month and year on it.
August Healthcare at Leewood, Annandale, VA
Most recent F240 citations
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 30, 2017 | August Healthcare at Leewood | Annandale, VA | D |
F240 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 F240 in a nursing home inspection?
- F240 is the federal requirement to "provide care for each resident in a way that maintains or improves their quality of life". CMS files it under resident rights. A home cited under F240 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F240 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 1 F240 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 F240 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F240 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