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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
2221 TWIN VIEW HEALTH AND REHAB 115540 211 MATHIS AVENUE TWIN CITY GA 30471 2017-09-21 278 D 1 1 2UDM11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on observations, interviews, and clinical record reviews, the facility failed to ensure an accurate assessment for one resident (R#73) for dental status. The sample size was 28. Findings include: Resident #73 (R#73) was admitted with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of MDS Assessments revealed for R#73 revealed that on 3/29/17 the Nursing Assessment for R#73, was performed by Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) EE and indicated no problems with teeth. Review of the 3/29/17 MDS Comprehensive Assessment: indicates selection of item Z for None of the above were present to indicate no problems found in the dental assessment. Review of the 6/29/17 Nursing Assessment for R#73, performed by LPN GG, documented no problems with teeth. MDS assessment dated (MONTH) 29, (YEAR), for R#73, indicates no problems with teeth. Review of Care Plans for R#73 revealed that there were no care plan focus/goals/or interventions for the resident related to dental needs. Interview on 9/20/17 at 10:37 a.m. with the Facility Social Worker (SW) reports that she has been with the facility for 2 years and she is familiar with the resident. She reports the resident is seen by a Dentist who comes monthly and that the resident refuses treatment for [REDACTED]. In addition, the SW revaled that the resident was seen 4/21/17 and 11/8/16 and for each visit the resident has declined treatment. Interview on 9/20/17 at 11:40 a.m. with the MDS Coordinators, MDS CC & MDS DD. MDS CC has been with facility for one year and MDS DD has been with facility for 3 months; they assist the surveyor with reviewing MDS information for assessment and care planning. Quarterly Assessments dated 6/29/17 and Comprehensive assessment dated [DATE] indicate no problems with the resident's teeth; according to the MDS Coordinators, no care plan interventions were developed specific to the resident's teeth because the assessment did not indicate a need. The MDS Coordinators report that they should receive updates from the Social Worker regarding the report from the dentist. Interview on 9/20/17 at 12:25 p.m. with the SW revealed that she reports she gives the dentist evaluations to the MDS Coordinators and she does not know what they do with it after she hands it off to them. She reports she either hands the report directly to the individual or she puts it in their mail box. Interview on 9/20/17 at 12:50 p.m. with MDS CC & MDS DD, MDS Coordinators, report the charge nurse or the nurse assigned to the resident is the one who completes the assessment, documenting it in the electronic record. The MDS Coordinators complete the care plans. 2020-09-01