Choctaw Residential Center: Care Violations Found - MS
Resident 74 at Choctaw Residential Center had survived a cerebral infarction, the kind of stroke that cuts off blood flow to part of the brain and leaves damage behind. In his case, the damage settled on the left side of his body, the nondominant side, producing hemiplegia, a paralysis that does not negotiate and does not rest. His shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand on both sides showed functional limitations in range of motion. The impairment was marked on both sides.
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See the Derila PillowWhen federal inspectors arrived at the facility on March 6, 2025, they pulled his records. What the Minimum Data Set assessment showed, with a reference date of February 11, 2025, was a Brief Interview for Mental Status score of 15. That is a perfect score. It means full cognitive function. It means Resident 74 understood his diagnosis, understood his limitations, and understood what care he was or was not receiving.
The facility sits at 135 Residential Center Road in Choctaw, Mississippi, a small city in Neshoba County. Choctaw Residential Center carries a provider identification number of 255339 with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that oversees nursing home inspections nationwide.
The deficiency cited was classified as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm. In the language of federal nursing home oversight, that classification sits at the lower end of the severity scale. It does not mean nothing happened. It means inspectors found a gap between what this resident needed and what the facility delivered, and placed the consequences in the category of limited injury rather than serious or immediate danger.
What the inspection report does not spell out in full is the precise nature of what went wrong in the care of Resident 74. The narrative fragment available from the survey documents his diagnoses, his cognitive status, and his physical limitations, and establishes that inspectors found a deficiency connected to his care. The plan of correction, which the facility was required to file, was directed back to the nursing home and the state survey agency for anyone seeking its contents.
What the record does establish is the shape of his situation. A man who had lost significant function on both sides of his body, whose stroke had left him with paralysis on his left side and range-of-motion impairments across multiple joints in both arms, was living at Choctaw Residential Center fully aware of every part of his condition. A BIMS score of 15 is not a technicality. It is a finding that this resident could tell you what day it was, could recall information given to him minutes earlier, could orient himself in time and place. He was not a resident who could not communicate his needs or perceive gaps in his care. He was a resident who could.
The inspection was completed on March 6, 2025. The statement of deficiencies was printed August 8, 2026, the date the document bearing this citation was generated for the public record.
Federal inspections of nursing homes produce citations measured in tags, each tag representing a specific regulatory requirement the facility failed to meet. This inspection produced at least one such citation connected to Resident 74's care. The number of residents affected was classified as few.
For Resident 74, few is not an abstraction. It is him, sitting with hemiplegia on his left side and impaired movement in both arms, cognitively present for all of it, in a facility that inspectors determined had not met the standard his condition required.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Choctaw Residential Center from 2025-03-06 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
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Choctaw Residential Center in CHOCTAW, MS was cited for violations during a health inspection on March 6, 2025.
His shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand on both sides showed functional limitations in range of motion.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.