F241: Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality
F241 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
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 F241 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: D 4, E 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F241 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, July 13, 2017, scope and severity DBased on observation, resident and staff interviews the facility staff failed to promote care to maintain or enhance the dignity for 1 out of 30 residents (Resident #14) in the survey sample. The facility staff failed to provide Resident #14 with a clothing protector during lunch.
Portsmouth Health and Rehab, Portsmouth, VA
Inspectors wrote, May 18, 2017, scope and severity EBased on observation and interviews, it was determined the facility staff failed to ensure that: 1) a resident's catheter drainage bag was covered, 2) that the environment was kept in a manner that enhanced the dignity of a resident, and 3) that an unwanted visitor was prevented from entering a resident's room without being invited. This practice affected 3 residents (#292, #6, and #25) of the 44 residents selected for review in the Stage 2 sample.
Complete Care at Severna Park LLC, Severna Park, MD
Most recent F241 citations
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 16, 2017 | Ashland Place Health and Rehabilitation, LLC | Mobile, AL | D |
| October 12, 2017 | Springhill Senior Residence | Mobile, AL | D |
| September 21, 2017 | Albertville Nursing Home | Albertville, AL | D |
| July 13, 2017 | Portsmouth Health and Rehab | Portsmouth, VA | D |
| May 18, 2017 | Complete Care at Severna Park LLC | Severna Park, MD | E |
Common questions
- What is F241 in a nursing home inspection?
- F241 is the federal requirement to "provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality". CMS files it under resident rights. A home cited under F241 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F241 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 5 F241 citations at 5 nursing homes, 0 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.0% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F241 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F241 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