cms_GA: 9347

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
9347 GOLDEN LIVINGCENTER - DECATUR 115012 2787 NORTH DECATUR ROAD DECATUR GA 30033 2011-06-03 279 D 0 1 ZSUO11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to develop a comprehensive care plan, after an annual assessment, related to pressure ulcer for one (1) resident (#20) from a sample of thirty-one (31) residents. Findings include: Review of the medical record for resident # 20 revealed that the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The resident's [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the annual Minimum Data Set ((MDS) dated [DATE] revealed that the resident was assessed as being at high risk for pressure sores. The Care Area Assessment (CAA) triggered for pressure ulcer with a decision to care plan. The current Quarterly MDS 3.0 revealed resident #20 with a Stage ll (2) pressure ulcer to the sacrum. Review of the medical record revealed that the resident had a history of [REDACTED]. Review of the Wound Evaluation Flow Sheet dated 03/30/11 identified a Stage ll (2) pressure ulcer to the sacrum measuring 1.0 centimeter (cm) long by 0.5 cm wide with granulation tissue. The current treatment included cleaning the wound daily with wound cleanser and applying Santyl ointment (a debrider). Review of the resident care plan revealed no evidence that a care plan had been developed related to pressure ulcer. Interview on 06/02/11 1:20 p.m. the MDS coordinator revealed no evidence of a care plan in the electronic record or the chart for the pressure ulcer. 2015-07-01