cms_GA: 8681

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.

Data source: Big Local News · About: big-local-datasette

This data as json, copyable

rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
8681 SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE OF SAVANNAH 115120 815 EAST 63 STREET SAVANNAH GA 31405 2012-03-29 312 D 0 1 G6KB11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview the facility failed to ensure that adequate hygiene care related to fingernails was done for three (3) residents (# 31, # 39 and # 90) on a sample of thirty-six (36) residents. Findings include: 1. Review of the most recent quarterly Minimal Data Set ((MDS) dated [DATE] assessed resident # 39 as needing extensive assistance with personal hygiene that included nail care. Observation on 3/26/12 at 1:05 p.m., 3/27/12 at 8:40 a.m. and 11:23 a.m. and 3:27 p.m. revealed the resident had fingernails that were long and filled with a brown substance underneath. Interview with Registered Nurse (RN) Unit 200 Manager BB on 3/27/12 at 3:07 p.m. confirmed the resident's finger nails were dirty. 2. Review of the most recent MDS assessment dated [DATE] for resident # 31 documented the resident was totally dependent on staff for hygiene that included nail care. During observation of the resident on 3/26/12 at 1:09 p.m., 3/27/12 at 8:44 a.m., 11:25 a.m. and 3:10 p.m. revealed the resident had long fingernails with brown substance underneath. Interview with the RN Unit Manager BB: on Unit 2 on 3/27/12 at 3:15 p.m. confirmed the resident's finger nails needed to be cleaned. 3. Review of the most recent MDS assessment dated [DATE] assessed resident # 90 as needing total assistance with personal hygiene. Observation on 03/26/12 at 2:27 p.m., 3/27/12 at 8:10 a.m., 12:01 p.m. and again at 3:12 p.m. revealed the resident to be in bed with long fingernails and with a brown substance underneath them. Interview with the RN Unit 200 Manager on 3/27/12 at 3:15 p.m. confirmed the resident's finger nails needed to be cleaned. 2015-11-01