F807: Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration
F807 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 drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration.
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). 36.4% of F807 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 4, C 1, D 149, E 78, F 10, J 6, K 2.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F807 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, July 30, 2026, scope and severity EBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to provide adequate fluids, within reach of the residents, to maintain hydration for 1 of 4 hallways (Dementia Unit) reviewed for hydration. This failure placed residents at risk for dehydration, medical complications and a diminished quality of life.
Olympia Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, Olympia, WA
Inspectors wrote, July 16, 2026, scope and severity DBased on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure staff offered or served water to residents with or during meals for 2 of 3 meals observed. The facility reported a census of 5 residents.
Ams Memorial-Greene, Greene, IA
Inspectors wrote, July 15, 2026, scope and severity DBased on record review, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to provide fluids sufficient to maintain adequate hydration. The facility failed to provide a water pitcher or any fluid for hydration within reach for 1 (#3) of 2 residents reviewed for UTI's.
Pontchartrain Health Care Center, Mandeville, LA
Most recent F807 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 8 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | Pocahontas Center | Marlinton, WV | J | Complaint |
| December 10, 2025 | Parkersburg Center | Parkersburg, WV | J | Standard |
| August 29, 2025 | Lake Eustis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | Eustis, FL | J | Standard |
| August 20, 2025 | Summers Healthcare Center | Hinton, WV | J | Standard |
| July 29, 2025 | Holbrook Healthcare Center | Buckhannon, WV | K | Standard |
| March 12, 2025 | Majestic Care of Lakin | West Columbia, WV | J | Complaint |
| December 19, 2024 | Teays Valley Center | Hurricane, WV | K | Standard |
| October 1, 2024 | Hidden Valley Center | Oak Hill, WV | J | Standard |
Most recent F807 citations
F807 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 7, 2020 1, 2021 11, 2022 20, 2023 32, 2024 68, 2025 67, 2026 43.
Common questions
- What is F807 in a nursing home inspection?
- F807 is the federal requirement to "ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration". CMS files it under nutrition and dietary. A home cited under F807 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F807 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 250 F807 citations at 242 nursing homes, 59 of them in the 12 months to that date. 3.2% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F807 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F807 citations (94.8%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 8 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