cms_GA: 10606

In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
10606 FORT GAINES HEALTH AND REHAB 115696 101 HARTFORD ROAD, WEST FORT GAINES GA 39851 2010-11-17 202 D     9ZTI11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that a physician documented the necessity of a transfer and discharge from the facility for one resident (#1) of three residents reviewed for transfers/discharges from a total sample of five residents. Findings include: Resident #1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. There was a physician's orders [REDACTED]. A nurse's note entry on 9/10/10 at 2 p.m. documented the resident as stable upon being transferred by car to Medical Center Barbour psychiatric ward for behavior problems. The nurse wrote that the family was aware and the physician was notified. A social service note dated 9/10/10 described the resident's behavior as having become combative and very agitated. The social service staff noted that the resident was being transferred to the Geripsych unit at Barbour Medical Center and that the family and physician were notified. The resident was discharged from the facility on 9/10/10. The Director of Nursing (DON) stated on 11/17/10 at 1:55 p.m., that the resident's physician and medical director had been contacted by the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) about transferring the resident on 9/10/10. The physician stated, on 11/17/10 at 3:05 p.m., that the facility had legitimate concerns about the resident's attempting to leave the facility. However, there was not any documentation by the resident's attending physician or another physician about the specific reason for the resident's immediate transfer and discharge to the Medical Center. 2014-03-01