cms_DC: 28

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
28 WASHINGTON CTR FOR AGING SVCS 95014 2601 18TH STREET NE WASHINGTON DC 20018 2017-09-01 280 D 0 1 BJXC11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview for one (1) of 40 sampled residents, it was determined that facility staff failed to update Resident 247's care plan to indicate that the resident no longer wore dentures. The findings include: During a dining observation on (MONTH) 1, (YEAR), at approximately 9:30 AM, Resident #247 was observed eating without natural teeth or dentures. When asked about difficulty chewing and eating, the resident stated, No. I had some dentures but I lost them when I went to the hospital. On (MONTH) 1, (YEAR) at 9:30 AM, a clinical record review showed a care plan for the use of dentures. The clinical record lacked documented evidence the facility staff updated the resident's care plan to reflect changes in the resident's oral status and lose of dentures. During a face-to-face interview with Employee #13 at approximately 10:30 AM on (MONTH) 5, (YEAR), the employee was asked about Resident #247's dentures. The Employee stated, The dentures were lost when the resident was hospitalized in (MONTH) and the daughter has not decided to replace them. He/she has a [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. The employee acknowledged that the care plan was not updated to indicate that the resident no longer wears dentures. 2020-09-01