Friendship Village of Bloomington: Care Plan Failures - MN
The violation, cited during a standard health inspection on May 7, 2026, placed the facility in deficiency under a category covering resident assessment and care planning. Inspectors determined that Friendship Village had failed to develop complete care plans within seven days of comprehensive assessments, and that those plans were not being properly prepared, reviewed, and revised by the required team of health professionals.
No resident was documented as having suffered actual harm from the lapse. But inspectors classified the violation at Scope and Severity Level D, meaning it was isolated in nature and carried potential for more than minimal harm. That distinction matters. A care plan is not paperwork. It is the document that tells staff what a resident needs, what risks they carry, and what interventions are supposed to happen every shift. When it is incomplete or late, the people caring for that resident are working without a full picture.
The care planning deficiency was one of ten separate deficiencies inspectors cited during the same visit. Ten.
What makes the situation harder to dismiss is what has happened since. As of the inspection record, Friendship Village of Bloomington has submitted no plan of correction for the care planning violation. Facilities cited for federal deficiencies are expected to respond with specific corrective steps and timelines. The absence of any such plan is not a technicality. It means the facility has not formally committed, on paper, to fixing what inspectors found wrong.
Care planning failures tend to be invisible to families. A resident who is not receiving the right repositioning schedule, or whose fall risk is not flagged in their plan, or whose dietary restrictions are not fully documented, may not show obvious signs of neglect for days or weeks. By the time harm surfaces, the connection to a missing or incomplete care plan can be difficult to trace.
The seven-day requirement exists precisely because the first weeks in a nursing home or after a significant health change are among the most vulnerable. Assessments capture a snapshot of where a resident stands physically, cognitively, and emotionally. The care plan translates that snapshot into action. Delay the plan, and you delay the action.
Friendship Village of Bloomington is a continuing care retirement community, a setting that typically serves residents across a range of needs, from independent living to skilled nursing care. The inspection covered the health side of that operation. The ten deficiencies cited in May span a facility that, on paper, presents itself as a place where older adults can age with support and continuity.
The inspection record does not identify which residents were affected by the care planning lapse, how many assessments went without timely plans, or how long the pattern had been occurring. What it records is that inspectors found it, classified it as carrying real potential for harm, and that the facility has since offered no formal response about how it intends to stop it from happening again.
For families with a loved one at Friendship Village, the absence of a correction plan is the detail worth sitting with. Inspectors can cite a deficiency and leave. Regulators can log a finding and move on. But a facility that has not submitted a plan of correction has not told anyone, including the residents in its care, what it plans to do differently tomorrow morning than it did the day inspectors walked out the door.
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 28, 2026 · Our methodology
Friendship Village Of Bloomington in BLOOMINGTON, MN was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 7, 2026.
No resident was documented as having suffered actual harm from the lapse.
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.