Friendship Village of Bloomington: Accident Hazard Violations - MN
The citation that remains unaddressed involves accident hazards. Inspectors found the facility failed to keep its common areas and resident spaces free from conditions that could cause accidents, and failed to provide the level of supervision needed to prevent them. No resident was documented as harmed. But inspectors determined the conditions carried potential for more than minimal harm — meaning the people living there were at risk.
The facility has not submitted a plan of correction.
That last fact matters. When a nursing home receives a deficiency citation, it is expected to identify what went wrong, explain how it will be fixed, and commit to a date by which the fix will be complete. That process is the basic accountability mechanism the inspection system relies on. Friendship Village of Bloomington has not done that for this citation.
The inspection was a standard health survey, the kind conducted routinely at nursing homes across the country to assess whether facilities are meeting minimum care standards. The accident hazard citation falls under a category regulators call Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies, a broad grouping that covers the conditions residents live in day to day, not just their medical treatment.
The specific regulatory area, known as F0689, addresses one of the most fundamental obligations a nursing home carries: that the physical environment should not itself be a source of danger to the people who live there, and that staff should be positioned and attentive enough to catch problems before someone gets hurt. Falls, burns, medication mix-ups, entrapment, wandering — these are the categories of accidents that citations like this one are meant to prevent.
The inspection report does not describe the specific hazard inspectors observed, the location within the facility where it was found, or how long the condition had existed before the survey team arrived. What it records is the conclusion: the standard was not met, the risk was real, and the problem was isolated rather than widespread.
Isolated, in the language regulators use, means the deficiency involved a limited number of residents or a single situation rather than a pattern affecting many people. It does not mean minor. A single unsecured door, a single piece of broken equipment, a single gap in supervision — any of those, in the wrong moment, can be the difference between a resident who is safe and one who is not.
Friendship Village of Bloomington is a continuing care retirement community, a facility type that typically serves residents across a range of needs, from independent living to skilled nursing care. The residents most affected by accident hazard deficiencies are often those with limited mobility, cognitive impairment, or both, people who depend most heavily on the environment around them being safe and on staff being close enough to help.
The May inspection turned up ten deficiencies in total. This article addresses one of them. The others were cited under the same standard health survey, and the full scope of what inspectors found across all ten areas is part of the public record.
What is not part of the public record, at least not yet, is what Friendship Village of Bloomington intends to do about the accident hazard finding. The correction status listed in the inspection record is plain: deficient, no plan of correction submitted.
Nursing homes are not required to be perfect. Inspectors understand that. What the system does require is that when a facility falls short, it acknowledges the gap and lays out a credible path back to compliance. A plan of correction is not a punishment. It is a commitment.
Friendship Village of Bloomington has not made that commitment for this citation. The residents living there are still waiting.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Friendship Village of Bloomington from 2026-05-07 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Last verified: July 16, 2026 · Our methodology
Friendship Village Of Bloomington in BLOOMINGTON, MN was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 7, 2026.
The citation that remains unaddressed involves accident hazards.
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.