Golden Age Manor: Undersized Resident Room Violation - WI
Federal inspectors who visited Golden Age Manor on April 8 and 9, 2025 found that one of the facility's 63 residents, identified in inspection records as Resident 58, has been living in a single room measuring 96 and a half square feet. The minimum required under federal standards is 100 square feet. No variance has been applied for or approved.
The administrator didn't dispute any of it.
Nursing Home Administrator A told the surveyor the room is less than 100 square feet, that the facility has made no changes and done no remodeling, and that expanding the room would not be "cost effective." The facility has limited private rooms, the administrator added, and administration reviews the decision to continue using the undersized room every year.
The administrator also offered a defense of sorts: the facility explains the room's dimensions to residents and their legal representatives before placement, gets their agreement, and only assigns the room to smaller, ambulatory residents. Resident 58 has her own bathroom. She has privacy.
Resident 58 is a woman with atrial fibrillation, anxiety, depression, malnutrition, an unspecified mental disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She is rated as severely cognitively impaired. Her speech is unclear, though inspectors noted she can usually make herself understood and is able to understand others. She moves around on her own without assistance.
When a surveyor sat down with her at 7:06 in the morning on April 9, she was up in her room watching television. She couldn't remember how long she had been there. She said she likes her small room. "It is comfy," she told the surveyor. "The size fits me well. My friends help me set it up." She mentioned a big window with a ledge where she keeps her things. She said she can see the sun from it.
The surveyor tried to reach Resident 58's power of attorney the afternoon before, leaving a message at 2:52 p.m. No return call came.
Inspectors classified the violation as having potential for minimal harm, the lowest level on the federal harm scale. That classification reflects the regulatory view of the room's dimensions, not any documented injury or distress to Resident 58.
What the inspection surfaces is a facility that has been aware of a federal standard, has chosen not to meet it, and has built a small internal process around that choice. The annual review. The disclosure to families. The informal policy of placing only smaller, mobile residents in the room. None of that changes the square footage.
The administrator's framing that 3.5 square feet is not worth the cost of correction is a business calculation stated plainly to a federal surveyor. Whether a resident with severe cognitive impairment, unclear speech, and no returned call from her legal representative is in a position to meaningfully consent to substandard housing is a question the inspection record leaves open.
What the record does contain is Resident 58 at seven in the morning, in a room that falls short of the federal floor, telling a stranger that she likes her window and that she can see the sun.
Full Inspection Report
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GOLDEN AGE MANOR in AMERY, WI was cited for violations during a health inspection on April 10, 2025.
The minimum required under federal standards is 100 square feet.
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