Valley View Manor: Skin Care Violations Found - MN
The November 19, 2025 inspection produced a citation under F0686, the federal tag covering pressure ulcer prevention and skin integrity. Inspectors determined that a small number of residents had been affected. The level of harm was classified as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, the lower end of the federal scale, but a classification that still signals the facility failed to catch or manage skin problems before they reached residents.
The facility's own plan of correction, filed in response, described what should have been happening all along. Treatments were to be performed according to physician orders. New or ineffectively managed skin problems were to be referred to the appropriate health professional. Staff were supposed to receive education on skin care and wound management when they were hired and again whenever knowledge gaps or incidents made that training necessary.
That those commitments appeared in a corrective plan, rather than in the routine operation of the facility, was the finding.
Skin and wound care failures are among the most preventable harms in long-term care. Pressure injuries, sometimes called bedsores, develop when residents remain in one position too long without repositioning, when skin is exposed to moisture, or when early warning signs go unrecognized by staff who haven't been adequately trained to spot them. Once a wound opens, infection risk rises sharply. For elderly residents, particularly those with diabetes, circulatory problems, or limited mobility, what begins as redness can progress to deep tissue damage within days.
The citation noted that staff education was to occur upon hire and as needed in response to identified knowledge deficits or incidents. The phrasing matters. It means that by the time a knowledge deficit is identified, a resident may already have been harmed.
Valley View Manor HCC sits at 200 East Ninth Avenue in Lamberton, a small city in Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota. The inspection was triggered by a complaint, meaning someone, whether a resident, a family member, or another party, contacted regulators with a concern specific enough to send inspectors to the door. The November visit was not a routine survey cycle. Someone had reason to call.
The inspection report available for this article covers page 20 of a 34-page document, meaning the F0686 citation was one of multiple deficiencies inspectors recorded during the visit. The full scope of findings from that day is broader than what this single tag reflects.
For residents and families at Valley View Manor, the corrective plan now on file with the state describes a facility that has committed, on paper, to doing what it was already required to do. Physician orders will be followed. Skin problems will be escalated. Staff will be trained. Whether those commitments hold is a question that only time and the next inspection will answer.
What the record shows is that when someone picked up the phone to file a complaint last fall, inspectors arrived and found enough to cite the facility for failing to protect the skin of the people in its care.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Valley View Manor Hcc from 2025-11-19 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.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
Corrections may have occurred: Inspection reports reflect conditions observed on the date of the survey. Facilities may have implemented corrections, staffing changes, additional training, or other remediation since the report was issued. We report what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.
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VALLEY VIEW MANOR HCC in LAMBERTON, MN was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 19, 2025.
The November 19, 2025 inspection produced a citation under F0686, the federal tag covering pressure ulcer prevention and skin integrity.
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.