cms_SC: 159

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
159 CARLYLE SENIOR CARE OF AIKEN 425014 123 DUPONT DR NORTHEAST AIKEN SC 29801 2018-11-30 625 D 0 1 JLSM11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to provide written notice of bed-hold to the Residents' Representatives upon facility-initiated transfer for 2 of 5 sampled residents reviewed for hospitalization (Residents #67 and #70). The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #67 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Record review on 11/28/18 at 2:31 PM revealed the resident was transferred to the hospital on 9-25-18 for Aspiration Pneumonia. Further review revealed no evidence of written notification of the facility's bed-hold policy supplied to the Resident Representative upon transfer. During an interview on 11/30/18 at 9:18 AM, the Director of Nurses (DON) reviewed the record, was unable to locate any information about bed-hold notification, and referred the surveyor to Social Services. During an interview on 11/30/18 at 12:12 PM, Social Services reviewed the record and was unable to locate any information about bed-hold notification. S/he was unsure who was responsible for bed-hold notification upon transfer. The facility admitted Resident #70 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Record review on 11/27/18 at 12:53 PM revealed the resident was hospitalized from [DATE] to 10/26/18 for Agitation, Combativeness, and [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Further review revealed no evidence of written notification of the facility's bed-hold policy supplied to the Resident Representative upon transfer. During an interview on 11/30/18 at 9:18 AM, the Director of Nurses (DON) reviewed the record, was unable to locate any information about bed-hold notification, and referred the surveyor to Social Services. During an interview on 11/30/18 at 12:18 PM, Social Services reviewed the record and was unable to locate any information about bed-hold notification. S/he was unsure who was responsible for bed-hold notification upon transfer. 2020-09-01