F805: Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs
F805 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
It sits in CMS's nutrition and dietary 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). 18.3% of F805 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 2, D 764, E 544, F 15, G 20, J 44, K 25.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F805 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, July 29, 2026, scope and severity DBased on record review, staff interview and observation, the facility failed to ensure food was provided in a form designed to meet individual needs for a resident ordered a pureed diet. This failed practice had the potential to affect a limited number of residents. Resident identifier: #111. Facility Census: 114.
Morgantown Healthcare Center, Morgantown, WV
Inspectors wrote, July 29, 2026, scope and severity DBased on record reviews, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure each resident received food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. This was identified for one (Resident #10) of three residents reviewed for Nutrition. Specifically, on 07/06/2026, Resident #10 was not served chopped textured consistency diet as ordered by the physician.
Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Long Beach, NY
Inspectors wrote, July 27, 2026, scope and severity DBased on diet orders, staff interviews, clinical record review, and facility policy review the facility failed to serve the appropriate therapeutic diet to meet resident's needs according to their diet order for 1 of 6 residents reviewed (Resident #5). The facility reported a census of 56 residents.
Southfield Wellness Community, Webster City, IA
Most recent F805 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, the latest 40 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2026 | Newton Village Health Care Center | Newton, IA | J | Complaint |
| July 9, 2026 | Castle Pines Health & Rehabilitation | Lufkin, TX | J | Complaint |
| July 1, 2026 | Southeast Iowa Healthcare Center | Keokuk, IA | J | Complaint |
| June 25, 2026 | Autumn Court | Ottawa, OH | J | Complaint |
| June 23, 2026 | Mission Point Nursing & Physical Rehabilitation Ce | Holly, MI | G | Complaint |
| May 22, 2026 | Avantara Libertyville | Libertyville, IL | J | Complaint |
| May 13, 2026 | Wellington Care Center | Wellington, TX | J | Complaint |
| April 14, 2026 | Coventry Operations Ri LLC Dba Respiratory and Reh | Coventry, RI | K | Standard |
| March 18, 2026 | Medicalodges Columbus | Columbus, KS | J | Complaint |
| March 12, 2026 | Greenville Operations Ri LLC Dba Greenville Skille | Greenville, RI | K | Standard |
| March 5, 2026 | Quality Life Services - Sugar Creek | Worthington, PA | K | Complaint |
| March 5, 2026 | Countryside Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation LLC | Fremont, OH | J | Complaint |
| February 13, 2026 | Parham Health Care & Rehab Center | Richmond, VA | G | Complaint |
| February 9, 2026 | Creekside Village Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC | Fort Collins, CO | J | Complaint |
| January 16, 2026 | Maclay Healthcare Center | Sylmar, CA | K | Standard |
| January 15, 2026 | Sage View Care Center | Rock Springs, WY | G | Complaint |
| January 7, 2026 | Good Samaritan Society - Pipestone | Pipestone, MN | J | Complaint |
| January 7, 2026 | Liberty Heights | Colorado Springs, CO | J | Complaint |
| January 2, 2026 | Grand Valley Health Care Center | Van Nuys, CA | J | Standard |
| December 17, 2025 | Parham Health Care & Rehab Center | Richmond, VA | G | Complaint |
| December 16, 2025 | Otterbein at Maineville | Maineville, OH | G | Complaint |
| December 15, 2025 | Bywood East Health Care | Minneapolis, MN | J | Complaint |
| December 8, 2025 | Maple Springs Senior Living | North Logan, UT | G | Complaint |
| November 12, 2025 | William E Christofferson Salt Lake Veterans Home | Salt Lake City, UT | G | Complaint |
| October 27, 2025 | San Rafael Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Corpus Christi, TX | J | Complaint |
| September 18, 2025 | Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | Smithfield, RI | J | Standard |
| September 10, 2025 | White Sulphur Springs Center | White Sulphur Spring, WV | K | Standard |
| August 27, 2025 | Astoria Place of Waterville | Waterville, OH | J | Complaint |
| August 20, 2025 | Loyalhanna Care Center | Latrobe, PA | G | Complaint |
| August 20, 2025 | Divine Rehabilitation and Nursing at Toledo | Toledo, OH | G | Complaint |
| July 28, 2025 | Emmetsburg Care Center | Emmetsburg, IA | J | Standard |
| July 10, 2025 | Clarksville Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center | Clarksville, IA | G | Complaint |
| July 9, 2025 | Garden View Health and Rehabilitation Center | Vero Beach, FL | J | Standard |
| June 26, 2025 | Carlisle Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Carlisle, PA | K | Standard |
| June 11, 2025 | Logan Center | Logan, WV | J | Complaint |
| June 4, 2025 | Oak Hill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | Middletown, PA | G | Complaint |
| May 8, 2025 | Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center | Hempstead, NY | J | Complaint |
| May 2, 2025 | Hillcrest Center | Wyncote, PA | G | Complaint |
| March 12, 2025 | Cortland Acres Health and Rehabilitation | Thomas, WV | K | Standard |
| March 11, 2025 | Lincoln Care and Rehab | Wichita, KS | J | Complaint |
Most recent F805 citations
F805 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.
By inspection year: 2018 1, 2019 19, 2020 10, 2021 31, 2022 97, 2023 264, 2024 440, 2025 331, 2026 221.
Common questions
- What is F805 in a nursing home inspection?
- F805 is the federal requirement to "ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs". CMS files it under nutrition and dietary. A home cited under F805 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F805 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 1,414 F805 citations at 1,280 nursing homes, 312 of them in the 12 months to that date. 6.3% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F805 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F805 citations (93.6%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 69 were immediate jeopardy, the most serious 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