F825: Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident
F825 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
It sits in CMS's quality of life and care 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). 36.8% of F825 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: D 467, E 67, F 3, G 10, H 1, J 2, K 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F825 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 clinical record review and staff interview, the facility failed to provide specialized rehabilitation services for 1 of 3 residents reviewed relative to physical therapy services, Resident ID #1.
Cedar Haven Operations LLC Dba Lake Forest Health, Smithfield, RI
Inspectors wrote, July 24, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure specialized rehabilitative services were provided as ordered for 1 of 4 residents (Resident 24) reviewed for rehabilitation services. This failure delayed residents from attaining, maintaining, or restoring their highest practicable level of physical, mental, functional, and psycho-social well-being.
Olympic View Post Acute, Port Angeles, WA
Inspectors wrote, July 22, 2026, scope and severity GBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure physician-ordered rehabilitation services were implemented and monitored for one (R1) of three residents reviewed for rehabilitation services in the sample list of five. This failure resulted in R1 not receiving ordered rehabilitation services from admission through the time of survey, placing R1 at risk for avoidable functional decline and causing R1 to express fear, anxiety and depression.
Timbercreek Rehab and Health Care Center, Pekin, IL
Most recent F825 citations at the harm or jeopardy level
Newest first, all 14 in the current files. Each home's page shows the citation in full context, with its correction status.
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2026 | Timbercreek Rehab and Health Care Center | Pekin, IL | G | Complaint |
| April 17, 2026 | Evercare of Breese | Breese, IL | G | Standard |
| March 2, 2026 | Pine Knoll Nursing Center | Lexington, MA | H | Standard |
| October 1, 2025 | Tunica County Health & Rehab, LLC | Tunica, MS | G | Standard |
| August 15, 2025 | Adviniacare Pawtucket Pleasant Rehab Center, LLC | Pawtucket, RI | G | Standard |
| April 14, 2025 | Stonecreek Health and Rehabilitation | Asheville, NC | J | Standard |
| April 1, 2025 | Height Street Skilled Care | Bakersfield, CA | G | Complaint |
| February 11, 2025 | The Greens at Spruce Pines | Spruce Pine, NC | J | Complaint |
| October 15, 2024 | The Creston Health & Rehabilitation | Portland, OR | G | Complaint |
| May 31, 2024 | Greenfield Care Center of South Gate | South Gate, CA | G | Standard |
| April 25, 2024 | South Elgin Living & Rehab Center | South Elgin, IL | G | Complaint |
| September 15, 2023 | Lakeside Health and Wellness | Kemp, TX | K | Complaint |
| January 19, 2023 | Gracelen Care Center | Portland, OR | G | Standard |
| September 29, 2022 | Mount Vernon Healthcare Center | Alexandria, VA | G | Standard |
Most recent F825 citations
F825 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: 2017 1, 2018 1, 2019 8, 2020 1, 2021 18, 2022 37, 2023 86, 2024 140, 2025 162, 2026 97.
Common questions
- What is F825 in a nursing home inspection?
- F825 is the federal requirement to "provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident". CMS files it under quality of life and care. A home cited under F825 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F825 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 551 F825 citations at 519 nursing homes, 125 of them in the 12 months to that date. 2.5% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F825 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F825 citations (97.5%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. 3 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