cms_DC: 33

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
33	WASHINGTON CTR FOR AGING SVCS	95014	2601 18TH STREET NE	WASHINGTON	DC	20018	2017-09-01	463	D	0	1	BJXC11	Based on observations, the facility failed to maintain call bells in good working condition as evidenced by defective call bells in two (2) of 28 resident's rooms. The findings include: During an observation at 10:40 AM, on (MONTH) 28, (YEAR), Resident #78 initiated his call light to request assistance with incontinence care. The facility staff responded after approximately 10 minutes to answer the call light. During a face-to-face interview with Employee#17 on (MONTH) 28, (YEAR), at approximately 1:00 PM regarding resident concerns of not getting the help he/she needed for toileting. The employee acknowledged the findings and reported, We had a problem with the call light, and we can hear the call light ring but have to check several rooms until we find which room is calling. We called Engineer found out the bulb was out. They presented the blown bulb to the surveyor. During a subsequent face-to-face interview with Employee #20 on (MONTH) 31, (YEAR), at approximately 11:00 AM. the employee stated that the visual indicator usually illuminates above the door of the resident room accompanied by a sound from the nurses' station when the call bell was activated. Employee #20 further added that when the call bells activate the visual indicator and the audible alarm should be seen and heard by staff, but the bulb was found to be out in the resident room. Employee #20 acknowledged the finding. 2. On (MONTH) 30, (YEAR), at approximately 3:30 PM, during tour two (2) of three (3) call bells in resident room #240 failed to alarm when initiated. The call bells were intended for use by bed B and c in Room #240. Employees #20 and 21 were present at the time of observations and acknowledged the findings.	2020-09-01