Fair Meadow Nursing Home
300 GARFIELD AVENUE SOUTHEAST, Fertile, MN, 56540
Yes. Federal inspectors cited 8 deficiencies against Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile, Minnesota at its most recent standard inspection on 2025-09-10. Medicare rates it 4 out of 5 overall.
Every deficiency on record, by how serious CMS judged it
CMS grades each finding from A to L on two axes: how badly residents were affected, and how many. These are its bands, not ours. The figures cover every standard and complaint survey on record, which is a longer window than the rating cycle above.
The last 14 findings, newest first
Each is the federal requirement the home was found not to meet, in CMS’s own wording, with the tag number so it can be looked up against the inspection report.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · F0554 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · F0604 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0689 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0690 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · F0712 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · F0759 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0880 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · F0711 · 2025-09-10 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · F0610 · 2024-10-21 · from a complaint · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0883 · 2024-08-27 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · F0604 · 2024-08-27 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · F0689 · 2024-08-27 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0880 · 2024-08-27 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · F0881 · 2023-06-14 · standard survey · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
How CMS scores this home
These stars are Medicare’s, not ours — we publish no rating of our own. They are reproduced here because they are part of the public record.
Who owns Fair Meadow Nursing Home
Nursing homes are frequently owned through layers of companies, and the name over the door is rarely the one that holds the licence. This is the ownership CMS has on file.
| Owner | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILLAGE OF FERTILE | Organization | 100% | since 01/01/1991 |
| LARSON, SANDRA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 04/29/2024 |
| WHITE, CHERYL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 07/01/2023 |
| LIDEN, LISA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/21/2023 |
| BOSMAN, AMANDA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 09/12/2022 |
| KIEFERT, MARY | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 10/11/2021 |
| MASSMANN, MATTHEW | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 06/08/2020 |
| TODAHL, EILEEN | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 12/10/2024 |
| WILKENS, DANIEL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/01/2017 |
| VILLAGE OF FERTILE | Organization | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/06/2025 |
| LARSON, SANDRA | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/06/2025 |
| WHITE, CHERYL | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 01/06/2025 |
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Care Compare. Retrieved 2026-07-29. Facility number 245545.
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