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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
4589 MOLENA HEALTH & REHAB 115693 185 HILL STREET MOLENA GA 30258 2018-09-20 921 E 1 1 IJ4211 > Based on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to repair one of one housekeeping station with a nondraining/nonfunctioning utility sink; and failed to ensure one of two shower rooms was operational. The census was 48 residents. Findings include: 1. On 9/18/18 at 11:30 a. m. during an observation of the housekeeping utility room/closet area, the utility sink was filled with dirty, tan colored water with a full five-gallon white bucket with dirty, tan colored liquid under the sink. The floor surrounding around the mounted chemical hoses and the utility sink was wet. An interview was conducted on 9/18/18 at 11:35 a.m. with housekeeping staff CC. When asked about the process for filling and emptying their mop buckets, she stated that they were having to mix the chemicals with water by hand in the mop buckets, not being able to mix them in the sink. She confirmed that the sink had been broken for over a month. An interview was conducted on 9/18/18 at 11:30 a. m. with the Maintenance Director in the housekeeping utility room. After observing under the sink, he stated that there was something wrong with the P-Trap and stated he would look into it. 2. During an interview on 9/17/18 at 10:02 a.m., Resident (R) A revealed that the North hall shower room does not work. R A stated that all residents must use the South hall shower room. Observation and interview on 9/17/18 at 11:10 a.m., Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) AA confirmed that the North hall shower room was not functional and has been out of order for about a year due to flooring issues. During an interview on 9/20/18 at 1:30 p.m., Maintenance Director stated he has been out of work recently and that the facility had been attempting to hire maintenance help for four months. Further interview on 9/20/18 at 3:10 p.m. revealed that the North hall shower room has been closed off to residents since (MONTH) (YEAR). The Maintenance Director stated that the problem is related to an issue with the flooring joists and subfloor. The flooring under the tile was rotted out. He explained that he let the Administrator know and the corperate office approved the repair. Bids for the repair were obtained in (MONTH) of (YEAR). Observation on 9/20/18 at 3:30 p.m. revealed a construction crew had arrived and started the repair of the North hall shower room. Review of the undated facility form titled, Facility Visit Checklist revealed no information related to when or how repairs would be done in the facility. The facility had no other policies related to maintenance of the building. 2019-09-01