cms_GA: 9556

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
9556 CHESTNUT RIDGE NSG & REHAB CTR 115423 125 SAMARITAN DRIVE CUMMING GA 30040 2011-11-10 325 D 0 1 06HO11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review and staff interview the facility failed to ensure that a therapeutic diet ordered by the physician was initiated for one (1) resident, resident #44 on a sample of thirty-five (35) residents. Findings include: During dining observation on 11/07/11 at 1:15 p.m. resident #44 received a regular diet with a mighty shake. On 11/08/2011 at 8:00 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. resident #44 received a regular diet for breakfast and lunch. Record review revealed the Minimum Data Set ((MDS) dated [DATE] assessed resident # 44 as being on a therapeutic diet. Review of the Registered Dietician (R.D.) notes dated 8/15/11 revealed that she recommended a No Concentrate Sweets (NCS) diet related to the [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Observation of the resident on 11/07/11 at 1:00 p.m. and on 11/08/11 at 8:00 a.m. and at 1:00 p.m. revealed that resident # 44 received a regular diet for all three meals. In addition, she received a mighty shake for lunch both meals that was not sugar-free. The resident also received ice cream for lunch on 11/08/11. Interview with the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Unit Manager on 11/08/11 at 2:15 p.m. revealed that the resident should have received a NCS diet. The LPN Unit Manager stated that the nursing staff are responsible for sending diet changes to the dietary department. Interview with the Dietary Manager (DM) on 11/08/11 at 2:20 p.m. revealed that she had not received a change in diet orders for resident # 44 and the resident has been receiving a regular diet since her admission on 7/21/11. The Mighty Shake was ordered on [DATE] to be given with lunch and was supposed to be sugar-free. 2015-06-01