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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
116 ELLEN SAGAR NURSING CENTER 425012 1817 JONESVILLE HIGHWAY UNION SC 29379 2019-10-18 610 E 1 0 CCZ611 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to take action in response to an alleged violation of abuse, neglect, exploitation or mistreatment for 5 out 14 resident-to-resident altercations. The findings included: Resident #2 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of complaint records indicated Resident #2 was involved in five incidents of resident-to-resident altercations between November 2018 and September 2019. In each complaint, Resident #2 was the physical aggressor. Review of Resident #2's medical book revealed there were no interventions and no direct care plans to prevent Resident #2 from being physically aggressive towards other residents. During an interview on 10/16/19 at approximately 10:43 AM, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #2 stated there was no formal care plan for Resident #2's behaviors. LPN #2 stated that they keep watch on Resident #2 every 15 minutes and she/he likes to play country music for him/her, offer him/her snacks, and offer to take him/her outside. During an interview on 10/16/19 at 10:50 AM, LPN #1 stated there no formal care plan for Resident #2 and also stated that they keep watch on him/her every 15 minutes and staff is instructed to redirect Resident #2 with snacks and drinks when Resident #2 appears to be agitated. On 10/16/19 at approximately 3:30 PM, review of the facility policy entitled Adult or Elder Abuse, Mistreatment and Neglect revealed: It is facility policy to protect residents from abuse, neglect, mistreatment or exploitation from anyone, including staff members, students, volunteers, other residents, consultants' staff or other agencies serving the resident, family members, legal guardians, friends, or visitors. 2020-09-01