Friendship Village of Bloomington: Assessment Failures - MN
Federal health inspectors cited the facility in May 2026 for failing to assess residents completely and in a timely way, both when they first arrived and on the recurring schedule required afterward. The violation, one of 10 deficiencies inspectors documented during a standard health inspection conducted on May 7, carried a scope and severity rating of D, meaning it was isolated but carried potential for more than minimal harm.
No actual harm to a resident was documented in the inspection record. But the gap between what an assessment is supposed to catch and what goes undetected when one is skipped or delayed is not theoretical. Assessments drive care plans. Care plans drive what nurses and aides do each shift. When the foundation is missing or stale, the care built on top of it reflects a resident who may no longer exist, or one who was never fully seen to begin with.
What makes this citation harder to set aside is what followed it. The facility has submitted no plan of correction. Inspectors left. Ten deficiencies were documented. And as of the record available, Friendship Village of Bloomington has not told regulators what it intends to do about the assessment failures, or when, or how.
That is not a paperwork problem. A plan of correction is where a facility commits, in writing, to the specific steps it will take to stop a violation from recurring. Without one, there is no timeline. There is no accountability mechanism. There is no named person responsible for making sure the next resident admitted gets a complete assessment on schedule.
The assessment requirement exists because nursing home residents change. A person admitted after a hip replacement may develop pressure wounds, cognitive decline, or new medication needs within months. Periodic reassessments, conducted at least every 12 months and triggered by significant changes in condition, are how a facility tracks those shifts and adjusts care accordingly. A resident whose last formal assessment is outdated is a resident whose care plan may be built around a version of them that no longer reflects their actual condition or needs.
The inspection record does not identify which residents were affected, how many assessments were missed, or how far outside the required timeframe the facility had drifted. It describes the violation as isolated. But isolated, in the language of federal inspection ratings, means the problem was not widespread across the facility. It does not mean the resident or residents involved were unaffected.
Friendship Village of Bloomington was cited for nine other deficiencies during the same inspection. The record does not detail those additional findings in the material available, but ten total citations from a single standard inspection is a significant number. Standard inspections are not surprise raids. Facilities know the general framework inspectors use. Ten findings under those conditions reflects a pattern of gaps, not a single oversight on a single day.
The absence of a correction plan stands out against that backdrop. Facilities sometimes contest citations, sometimes request extensions, sometimes submit plans that inspectors find inadequate and send back. Any of those would at least indicate engagement with the problem. The record here shows none of that. It shows a deficiency, and a blank where the response should be.
Somewhere in Friendship Village of Bloomington, a resident arrived and waited longer than they should have for someone to sit down and learn who they were, what they needed, what their history carried, and what their care should look like going forward. The inspection report does not say what happened to that resident after the assessment was missed or delayed. It does not say whether the gap was ever closed. It records the violation, and then it stops.
The facility has not said what comes next.
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 15, 2026 · Our methodology
Friendship Village Of Bloomington in BLOOMINGTON, MN was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 7, 2026.
No actual harm to a resident was documented in the inspection record.
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.