Runk & Pratt of Forest was inspected 61 times between January 21, 2021 and May 19, 2026 by the Virginia Department of Social Services. 34 of those visits ended with violations cited and 27 with none. Across that history VDSS cited 95 violations under 58 distinct standards. 22 inspections were prompted by a complaint.
A violation is a licensing standard - a rule in the Virginia Administrative Code - that the inspector found the facility was not meeting. Each is shown with the evidence the inspector recorded and, where VDSS publishes it, the facility's own plan of correction.
VDSS publishes inspections on a rolling window. 56 of these 61 are still on the state's site; the other 5 have since dropped off it and are reproduced from Assisted Living Magazine's archive of the original VDSS reports.
Provider Information
Inspection History
61Select an inspection to read the areas reviewed, the inspector's comments and any violations cited.
May 19, 2026Inspection
April 17, 2026Inspection
- Resident 1 was admitted to the facility, which is a safe, secure unit, on 01/21/2026. The record for resident 1 contains an assessment of serious cognitive impairment, dated 01/09/2026, that the resident has a serious cognitive impairment due to a primary psychiatric diagnosis of dementia and is unable to recognize danger or protect his own safety and welfare. The record for resident 1 contains a report of resident physical examination, dated 01/08/2026, that the resident has a significant medical history of dementia.
- The licensing inspector (LI) received an incident report via email from staff person 1 on 04/13/2026 that at approximately 4:08AM on 04/13/2026 resident 1 had wandered out of the building of the front lobby door.
- During on-site inspection on 04/17/2026, the LI and staff person 1 reviewed camera footage that shows staff person 3 in the front office pushing the button to release the lock to the front lobby door to let staff person 2 out of the front lobby door; staff person 2 proceeded to exit the front lobby door at approximately 3:40AM and then went through the next door which goes to the parking lot of the facility. Staff person 1 informed the LI that when the button is held down in the front office to release the lock to the front lobby door, the alarm doesn’t sound; however, once the button is released and if the front lobby door is still open, the alarm will continue to sound until the door is secured and locked. From approximately 4:02AM to 4:03AM (not 4:08AM as documented in the incident report), camera footage shows resident 1 walking toward the front lobby door and exiting the facility through the front lobby door by using the doorknob and exiting the next door to parking lot of the facility. Staff person 1 informed the LI that staff working in the facility during the time staff person 2 left the building at 3:40AM and resident 1 leaving the facility through the front lobby door at 4:03AM that there was no alarm that sounded alerting the staff that the front lobby door was not secured. Camera footage shows that at 4:16AM staff person 2 reentered the facility. Staff person 1 informed the LI that at this time, staff person 2 let staff person 3 know that there was someone out in the parking lot and wasn’t sure if the individual was a resident of the facility or not. Staff person 3 started conducting rounds at this time and notified staff person 4 that resident 1 was not in their room or anywhere within the facility and began searching the exterior of the facility. Staff person 4 contacted staff person 1 at 4:34AM that resident 1 was not inside the facility and staff person 1 came to the facility to continue the search at 4:45AM. Staff person 1 informed the LI during the on-site inspection that staff persons 2 and 3 were the staff who found the resident at 5:02AM behind the building of a local business. According to Google Maps, the business staff persons 2 and 3 located resident 1 at is 0.3 miles from the facility. Hospital paperwork, dated 04/13/2026 at 6:12AM, states that the resident left the facility and was found in the woods at 5:00AM with abrasions to bilateral inner ankles and a laceration to right forearm. According to timeanddate.com, the temperature for 04/13/2026 from 3:54AM to 5:54AM, was between 63 degrees Fahrenheit and 61 degrees Fahrenheit.
- The facility’s census on 04/13/2026 was 54 which requires the facility to have at least 6 direct care staff members on duty.
- The assignment sheet for the 11:00PM to 7:00AM shift for 04/12/2026 through 04/13/2026 contains documentation that there were 6 direct care staff members working in the building; however, during the on-site inspection on 04/17/2026 camera footage that was reviewed by staff person 1 and the licensing inspector (LI) shows that staff person 2 left the facility at 3:40AM and did not come back into the facility until 4:16AM which left only 5 direct care staff members in the facility during this time. Staff person 1 confirmed this is accurate.
April 17, 2026Complaint survey
- The uniform assessment instrument (UAI) in the record for resident 1, dated 09/17/2025, states on page 2 of 2 that resident 1 is assisted living level of care.
- The record for resident 1 contains a note written by staff person 3 at 3:48PM on 02/21/2026 that resident 1 was observed sitting on his backside beside his bed on the floor and that on 02/25/2026 a physician visited the resident due to the fall the resident had on 02/21/2026. A physician note, dated 03/10/2026, states that the physician visited resident 1 on 03/10/2026 due to a fall the resident had on 03/06/2026 with a subsequent emergency department visit and head strike.
- During the on-site inspection, the record for resident 1 did not contain documentation of interventions that the facility had initiated to prevent or reduce the risk of subsequent falls from the resident’s falls that occurred on 02/21/2026 and 03/06/2026. Staff person 1 confirmed this is accurate.
- The record for resident 1 contains a note written by staff person 2 at 8:19PM on 03/06/2026 that resident 1 was observed laying on the floor next to his bed in front of his locked wheelchair, unable to state what happened, was bleeding from his left eyebrow and was sent to the emergency department for further evaluation. The record for resident 1 contains a physician’s note, dated 03/10/2026 at 10:50AM, that the physician was visiting with the resident due to a recent fall with head strike and subsequent emergency department visit and had left temple bruising with small hematoma noted and 4 sutures in place on his eyebrow. Interview with staff person 1 revealed to the licensing inspector (LI) that this incident involving resident 1 had not been reported to the regional licensing office.
- The record for resident 1 contains a note written by staff person 3 at 1:56PM on 03/25/2026 that resident 1 was observed sitting on his bottom on the floor of his room in front of his wheelchair, resident was unable to state what happened, staff person 3 observed a skin impairment to his left elbow and basic first aid was performed. A note written by staff person 2 at 11:12PM on 03/25/2026 states that resident 1 was observed laying on his back asking staff to get him up, resident was unable to state what happened, a small skin impairment was observed to his right elbow, a bruise to left side of forehead and resident 1 was sent to the emergency department for further evaluation. Staff person 3 documented on 03/26/2026 at 10:09AM that resident 1 returned to the facility with a diagnosis of a closed head injury, fall frequently, and superficial laceration of upper extremity. The record for resident 1 contains physician’s orders, dated 03/26/2026, for home health skilled nursing to perform wound care to the resident’s left hand skin tear, right elbow skin tear, and left elbow skin tear 2 times weekly and PRN. Interview with staff person 1 revealed to the LI that these incidents involving resident 1 had not been reported to the regional licensing office.
- Staff person 1 emailed the LI a self-reported incident at 2:30PM on 04/07/2026 that at 3:15PM on 04/04/2026 resident 1 was observed on the floor near his doorway, complained of head pain, had a left lower arm skin tear, resident was taken to the emergency department and returned to the facility on 04/05/2026 with a diagnosis of a closed head injury and a subdural hemorrhage. Interview with staff person 1 confirmed that this incident involving resident 1 had not been reported to the regional licensing office within 24 hours.
March 31, 2026Inspection
- The licensing inspector (LI) received a self-reported incident via email from staff person 1 at 3:46PM on 03/26/2026 that at around 6:50AM on 03/26/2026 staff persons 2 and 3 overheard staff person 4 yelling and cursing at resident 1 during rounds, staff persons 2 and 3 reported the incident to staff person 5, and staff person 5 notified staff person 1 of the incident.
- The self-reported incident contained documentation that the facility released staff person 4 from their duties effective immediately on 03/26/2026. Staff person 1 confirmed this is accurate.
March 18, 2026Inspection
- The record for resident 1 contains a report of resident physical examination, dated 12/04/2025, that includes a signed physician’s order for Melatonin 9MG by mouth once daily and Heparin 5000-unit subcutaneous injection (Sub-Q) every 8 hours. The resident’s December 2025 MAR does not include documentation of Melatonin 9MG by mouth once daily; however, resident 1’s December 2025 medication administration record (MAR) contains documentation of Melatonin 10MG daily at bedtime with a start date of 12/09/2025 and an end date of 12/13/2025 and it was administered to the resident at 8:00PM on 12/10-13/2025. Resident 1’s December 2025 MAR does not include documentation of Heparin 5000-unit Sub-Q injection every 8 hours
- During on-site inspection, staff person 1 informed the licensing inspector (LI) that they obtained the signed physician’s order for Melatonin 10MG orally at bedtime for 5 days from the pharmacy which discontinued the Melatonin 9MG by mouth once daily physician’s order and obtained from an email the updated report of resident physical examination for resident 1 which discontinued Heparin 5000-unit Sub-Q injection every 8 hours as they were not available in resident 1’s record.
March 18, 2026Inspection
March 18, 2026Inspection
March 18, 2026Inspection
January 28, 2026Inspection
- The record for resident 1 contains a signed physician’s order, dated 01/15/2026, containing the following: stop Olanzapine 15MG – start Olanzapine 20MG by mouth every evening and stop Benztropine 0.5MG by mouth twice daily – start Benztropine 1MG by mouth twice daily.
- During the on-site inspection on 01/28/2026, resident 1’s January 2026 medication administration record (MAR) contains documentation that the resident is still being administered Benztropine 0.5MG by mouth two times daily and Olanzapine 15MG every evening.
- Interview with staff person 1 confirmed that the facility has not been following the 01/15/2026 signed physician’s order for the aforementioned medications.
January 28, 2026Inspection
- Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on 01/21/2026. During on-site inspection on 01/28/2026, staff person 1 provided the licensing inspector (LI) with resident 1’s UAI; however, the provided UAI was dated 04/29/2025. Staff person 1 confirmed that the UAI that was provided to the LI is the only UAI the facility has for resident 1 and confirmed it is older than 90 days.
- Resident 1 was admitted to the facility on 01/21/2026. During on-site inspection on 01/28/2026, the record for resident 1 did not contain a preliminary plan of care or a comprehensive individualized service plan (ISP). Staff person 1 informed the licensing inspector (LI) that there is no preliminary plan of care or a comprehensive ISP for resident 1.