Matlock Place Health & Rehab: Policy Missing at Inspection - TX
The request went in at noon. Inspectors stayed long enough to finish their work, document their findings, and prepare to leave. The policy still hadn't arrived by the time they walked out the door.
That single fact is the entirety of what federal inspectors recorded under deficiency tag F0695, which covers quality of care for respiratory treatments. The violation was cited at the minimal harm level, meaning inspectors determined that some residents were affected, but that the lapse had not yet produced documented injury.
What the inspection record does not answer is why the policy wasn't produced. A facility might fail to hand over a document because staff couldn't locate it in time, because the person who knew where it was wasn't available, or because no current written version existed. The inspection report draws no conclusion on that question. It states only what happened: the policy was requested, and it was not provided.
That gap matters more than it might appear. A respiratory treatment policy is not a bureaucratic formality. It is the written standard that governs how staff administer breathing treatments, manage equipment, and respond when a resident's respiratory condition changes. For residents living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, or any number of conditions that compromise breathing, the consistency and correctness of those treatments can be the difference between stability and a medical emergency.
When inspectors cannot obtain the governing policy for a category of care, they cannot verify whether staff are following it, whether it reflects current clinical standards, or whether it exists in a form that employees have actually been trained on. The absence of the document during inspection doesn't prove the care was deficient. It means the facility couldn't demonstrate, in the moment it was asked to, that a written standard was in place and accessible.
Matlock Place Health & Rehabilitation Center sits at 7100 Matlock Road in Arlington and operates under CMS facility identification number 676141. The November 23 visit was a complaint inspection, meaning it was triggered by a concern reported to regulators rather than a routine annual survey. The inspection report does not describe the nature of the underlying complaint, and the respiratory policy deficiency appears on page 13 of a 17-page statement of deficiencies, suggesting it was not the only issue inspectors documented during the visit.
The plan of correction for this deficiency, like all plans of correction under the standard CMS process, is handled separately. The inspection report directs anyone seeking that information to contact the facility or the state survey agency directly.
What the record leaves behind is a narrower picture than most inspection findings produce. There is no named resident, no described treatment, no account of what a family member saw or what a staff member said when asked about it. There is a clock, a request, and a door that closed before the document arrived.
For the residents at Matlock Place whose care includes respiratory treatments, the inspection report offers no reassurance that the treatments they received were governed by a clear, written, accessible policy, and no explanation for why the facility couldn't show inspectors one when they asked.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Matlock Place Health & Rehabilitation Center from 2025-11-23 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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Matlock Place Health & Rehabilitation Center in Arlington, TX was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 23, 2025.
Inspectors stayed long enough to finish their work, document their findings, and prepare to leave.
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.