cms_SC: 5729

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
5729 DR RONALD E MCNAIR NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER 425309 56 GENESIS DRIVE LAKE CITY SC 29560 2015-03-05 252 D 0 1 HFE711 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to allow Resident #6, 1 of 6 residents interviewed regarding personal property, to keep his personal belongings in his room. The facility removed personal items from the resident's bedside table without permission and while the resident was out of the facility. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #14 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 3/4/15 at 3:00 PM, Resident #14 attended the Group Interview conducted as part of the Quality of Life Assessment. Resident #14 stated that the staff had gone through his/her furniture drawers on 3/3/14 and removed his bar of soap, shaving cream, and alcohol. The resident further stated that he/she was out of the facility at the time and the facility did not have permission to go into the drawers or remove the items. The resident stated it made him/her mad and was upset by the incident. Review of a Concern and/or Compliment Referral Form provided by the Social Services Director revealed the resident had filed a grievance on 3/3/15 that alcohol, Listerine, shaving cream and a bar of soap were removed from his room and that the resident did not feel it was right to have personal belongings taken. The report also indicated the resident stated he understood why the items were removed. In addition, the grievance contained a statement by the nurse stated that while the resident was on Leave of Absence (LOA), s/he had found alcohol shaving cream, air freshener, and a bar of soap in the drawer of night stand (and) TV stand and had removed the items. The statement also indicated the nurse told the resident that he/she must ask the nurse on duty to receive the items when needed. During an interview on 3/5/15 at 1:45 PM, the Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) confirmed the resident was out of the facility when the nurse made random room rounds and removed the personal care items from the resident's drawer. The NHA stated the nurse thought the items were a hazard to the other residents. The NHA also confirmed the nurse should not have opened the resident's drawers without permission. 2018-10-01