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The violation was tagged as a pattern, meaning inspectors saw it happening more than once.

Federal inspectors cited the facility under a standard requiring that residents receive care consistent with professional standards.

The violation came to light during a complaint inspection completed in November 2025.

The citation, issued November 20, 2025, found that the facility had failed to provide or obtain dental services for its residents.

A resident who cannot feed themselves, who depends entirely on staff to bring a tray and assist with eating, has no way to reheat what arrives cold.

What they did not find was any documentation that the facility had ever responded to the advance directive request the resident had made at the front door.

The citation, tagged under F0657, identified the violation as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and noted that a few residents were affected.

That finding sat at the center of a November 2025 complaint inspection at the Cedar Falls nursing facility.

Inspectors assigned it a scope and severity level of G, meaning the harm was isolated but real.

What they found when they arrived extended well beyond whatever prompted the initial call.

The facility is Nortonville Health Care Center, operated by ANEW Healthcare.

The cart was observed unsecured at 10:23 a.m.