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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
7497 DUNBAR CENTER 515066 501 CALDWELL LANE DUNBAR WV 25064 2015-03-27 463 D 0 1 G4YW11 Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure all call lights in resident rooms, toilets, and bathing areas were in working order, to ensure residents have a means of directly contacting caregivers. Two (2) call systems observed in resident bathrooms were not in working order. One call system in a resident bathroom, had only an audible alert, while the call system in another resident bathroom, had neither an audible or visual alert. This practice affected two (2) of 40 resident call systems tested in Stage 1 of the survey process. Room identifiers: #210 and #217. Facility census: 118. Findings include: a) Room #210 During a check of the call light system, on 03/23/15 at 3:42 p.m., the call system in the bathroom was found in non-working order. When the call system was activated, there was only an audible alert. The visual alert over the entrance to the resident's room did not function. On 03/23/15 at 4:40 p.m., upon inquiry, Nurse Aide (NA) #84 verified the call system in the bathroom of Room #210 was not functioning properly. b) Room #217 At 4:20 p.m. on 03/23/15, while conducting a check of the call light system, the call system in the bathroom was found in non-working order. When activated, the call system had neither an audible nor a visual alert. On 03/23/15 at 4:25 p.m., upon inquiry as to how staff were made aware of a resident requiring assistance while in their bathrooms, NA #70 stated, The residents pull their cords, and a red light flashes over the door. Upon request, she pulled the call system cord located in the bathroom of Room #217. The NA verified the call system was not functioning. c) At 4:00 p.m. on 03/25/15, Employee #30, the Unit Manager, verified the Maintenance Director had worked on the call systems that were not functioning properly. She said the Maintenance Director had replaced the non-functioning switches on the call lights. 2017-04-01