cms_GA: 10530

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
10530 PLACE AT MARTINEZ, THE 115308 409 PLEASANT HOME ROAD AUGUSTA GA 30907 2011-01-14 203 D     OC1P11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review, and staff and family interview, the facility failed to provide a written notice of discharge to one (1) resident (Resident "C"), and to the resident's family, on a survey sample of six (6) residents. Findings include: Review of the medical record for Resident "C" revealed a Nurse's Note of 12/27/2010 at 6:00 p.m. which documented that the resident had been evaluated for behavior. A telephone physician's orders [REDACTED]. Interview with the resident's family on 01/14/2011 at 9:45 a.m. revealed that they were told the resident could not return to the facility as the resident was being placed in the ambulance. Interview with the facility Social Worker on 01/14/2011 at 9:20 a.m. confirmed that she had called the hospital, talked to the social worker there and told the hospital staff member that it would not be safe for the resident to return to the nursing facility. However, during this interview, the facility Social Worker further stated that facility staff had not contacted the physician to place in writing why the resident could not return and did not issue the written notice of discharge to the family. Record review revealed no evidence to indicate that a written notice of discharge had been provided to the family, or to the resident, regarding the resident's 12/27/2010 discharge. Interview with the Administrator and the Director of Nurses on 01/14/2011 at 11:30 a.m. revealed that they were not aware they needed to put in writing the reasons for the resident's discharge and issue the written notice of discharge to the resident and to the family. 2014-04-01