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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
182 ST. BARBARA'S MEMORIAL NURSING HOME 515012 PO BOX 9066 FAIRMONT WV 26555 2018-09-27 583 D 0 1 DL7D11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on random observation, staff interview and policy review, the facility failed to provide privacy for a resident during personal care. Staff failed to pull the curtain while performing personal care and close the door to the resident room. This practice had the potential to affect a minimal number of residents. Resident identifier: #24. Facility census 52. Findings included: a) Resident #24 During an observation of room [ROOM NUMBER], on 09/24/18 at 11:30 AM revealed Nurse Aide (NA) #40, walked into the room without knocking, identifying themselves, and asking for permission to enter Resident #24 and #31's room. NA #40 walked over to Resident #24's bed, in which she resides in the b bed, and stated, It is time to go to the bathroom. NA #40, turned around and left the room. A few minutes later NA#40 returned to room with NA #17 without knocking, identifying themselves, and asking for permission to enter Resident #24 and #31's room. The NA's walked over to Resident #24's bed. NA #17 went around to the far side of the bed. NA #40 was on the opposite side of the bed closes to the Resident in the A - bed and the door. NA#40 reached up and pulled down Resident #24's bed covers exposing the resident in an adult brief to her roommate with the door to the resident's room wide open for anyone to view inside. In an interview on 09/24/18 at 11:32 AM, NA #40 and #17, revealed the NA's forgot to knock on the residents door, identifying themselves and ask for permission prior to enter the room. The NA's also agreed they should have closed the entrance door to the room and pulled the curtain between the residents prior to pulling down Resident #24's bed covers. An interview on 09/24/18 at 12:00 PM, with the Assistant Administrator #13, she was informed of the observation above and she stated, I will address this matter. A review of the facility policy, on 09/27/18 at 2:10 PM, titled Resident Right to Privacy During Care with a revision date of 08/30/18, stated, Privacy curtains are to be pulled during direct patient care. The facility's policy stated that additionally the staff will maintain privacy by knocking on doors and properly announcing themselves before entering resident rooms. 2020-09-01