cms_GA: 10414
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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| 10414 |
CEDAR SPRINGS HEALTH AND REHAB |
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148 CASON ROAD |
CEDARTOWN |
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30125 |
2009-02-11 |
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Y88V11 |
Based on record review and resident and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure that right to vote for three (3)residents ("B", "C" and "D") of four (4) residents in group interview. Findings include: During group interview conducted on 2/10/09 at 11:00a.m., three (3) residents "B', "C", and "D"complained that the facility did not assist them in voting in the presidential election in November, 2008. The residents indicated that they would have voted if given the opportunity. Resident "B" revealed that the social worker promised that she would assist him/her in completing an absentee ballot but the social worker never followed through. Review of the Facility Admission Packet revealed that under paragraph R., Voter Registration Information, the facility would assist residents to register to vote and obtain absentee ballots. Review of the State of Georgia Application for Voter Registration included instructions that revealed a copy of proper identification should be included with the application. Further review revealed that The postage is prepaid on the application and includes a pocket envelope that allows the application to be sealed with adhesive. Interview with the Administrator on 2/9/09 at 11:45am revealed that the Social Service Director registered several residents to vote but had not returned the registrations to the Elections Board in the appropriate time allocated. The Social Service Director also assisted some residents to vote but returned these ballots to the Elections Board unsealed, without the same signature as the registration, and without proper proof of identification. Further interview with the Administrator on 2/10/09 at 2pm revealed that the right to vote was covered during the admission process by the Social Services Director. Interview with the Activity Director on 2/10/09 at 8:45am revealed the residents are informed of their right to vote and if they are not registered to vote then registration or change of address form are obtained for them. The residents are assisted in completion of the forms, then the forms are sealed and returned to the Registrar's office. Approximately three (3) months prior to the election the absentee ballots are requested. They come with the resident's name on them, are marked as time sensitive and are distributed to the resident with instructions to sign in the same manner as the registration form was signed. If the resident has to sign with an X, then whoever has assisted them, signs the form as assisting them to complete the ballot. The ballot must be completed, sealed and returned within ten (10) days of receipt. This deficient practice had previously been identified in 2006 during a Standard Survey and continues to be identified as a problem.. |
2014-07-01 |