Clarkfield Care Center
Clarkfield Care Center in CLARKFIELD, MN — inspection on April 8, 2026.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
1 resident R7Findings include: R7's 3/23/26, accepted Significant Change, Minimum Data Set (MDS)
hospitalization with diagnoses including hypertension, dementia, malnutrition, anxiety disorder, depression, macular degeneration (legally blind). He required maximal assistance from staff for activities of daily living (ADLs), and a wheelchair was needed for mobility. R7's 2/26/26 at 3:22 p.m. progress notes identified he was admitted to hospice services with a terminal diagnosis of senile degeneration of the brain.
Interview on 4/7/26 at 9:28 a.m. with trained medication aid (TMA)-A identified R7 was on Hospice services. He required he required total assistance with ADLs, except eating which required set up. TMA-A was not aware if there was a hospice schedule or care plan and thought there might have been some information at the nursing station.
Interview on 4/7/26 at 9:44 a.m. with licensed practical nurse (LPN)- B identified R7 was still on hospice services, but the frequency of visits had decreased due to his improvement.
The hospice nurse was supposed to have made a visit on Monday, but she had not come, and LPN-B was not aware of the reason, or when she planned to visit.
There was not a schedule to identify visits, and the facility's care plan noted R7 was on hospice, but failed to identify services hospice was to provide, and services the facility was responsible for. LPN-B reported hospice staff were not able to document in the facility's electronic medical record.
They gave staff a verbal update and later faxed a copy of their visit notes to the facility.
Documents provided had been scanned into the electronic medical records system.
Interview on 4/8/26 at 9:09 a.m. with the hospice registered nurse (RN)-B identified R7 had been improving and had not needed medication for pain or comfort.
Hospice had decreased the frequency of their visits following discussion at their Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meeting due to his improved status. A schedule and integrated care plan should have been developed and provided to the facility at the time of admission, but that had not occurred.
She would immediately provide a copy of the hospice care plan to the facility.
The agreement of what services and equipment hospice provided should have been in a binder at the nursing station, but nothing was able to be provided by facility staff.
Interview on 4/8/26 at 1:00 p.m. with the director of nursing (DON) identified her expectation that hospice documentation was to include identifying responsibilities for services and equipment hospice was to provide in the care plan provided at the time of admission to hospice. A policy for hospice services was requested but not provided by the end of the survey.
provided 1/16/26, Infection Surveillance policy identified the RN's and LPN's are to participate in
communicable diseases and infections.
Examples of notification triggers include signs and symptoms
precautions, whether empirically or by physician order, or microbiology test results show drug resistance.
245551 04/08/2026
Clarkfield Care Center 805 Fifth Street, Box 458 Clarkfield, MN 56223
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is an F-tag violation?
- F-tags are federal deficiency codes used by CMS to categorize nursing home violations. Each F-tag corresponds to a specific federal regulation (42 CFR Part 483). For example, F607 relates to abuse prevention policies, F880 relates to infection control.
- Were these violations corrected?
- Facilities must submit plans of correction and implement changes within required timeframes. CMS conducts follow-up inspections to verify corrections. Check the inspection report for specific correction dates and follow-up verification status.
- How often do nursing home inspections happen?
- CMS conducts unannounced inspections of all Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes at least once per year. Additional inspections may occur based on complaints, facility-reported incidents, or follow-up to verify previous violations were corrected.
- What should families do about these violations?
- Families should: (1) Review the full inspection report for details, (2) Ask facility administration about specific corrective actions taken, (3) Check if this represents a pattern by reviewing prior inspections, (4) Compare with other facilities in CLARKFIELD, MN, (5) Report new concerns to state authorities.
- Where can I see the full inspection report?
- Complete inspection reports are available on Medicare.gov's Care Compare website (www.medicare.gov/care-compare). You can also request copies directly from Clarkfield Care Center or from the state Department of Health. Reports include deficiency codes, facility responses, and correction timelines.