cms_ME: 22

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
22 MONTELLO MANOR 205006 540 COLLEGE ST LEWISTON ME 4240 2018-03-16 689 D 0 1 40OK11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and interview the facility failed to complete an assessment of residents capability and deficits to determine resident safety for 1 of 1 residents who currently smokes. (Resident #17) Findings: The facilities policy section 300.15 Smoking, indicates it does not permit smoking by resident/families/or staff on the nursing home property. During a review of Resident #17's care plan for the problem: Alteration in Cardio-pulmonary status related to [MEDICAL CONDITIONS], indicates currently smoking 1-3 x day. On the care plan evaluation section, dated 12/7/16 and 5/31/17 notes indicate continues to smoke cigarettes daily. Interdisciplinary Meeting Notes, dated 2/7/18, indicates continues to smoke cigarettes 3-4 times daily in very cold weather (off property in electric wheelchair). On 3/15/18 at approximately 3:00 p.m., a surveyor observed resident returning to facility and independently using electric wheelchair for mobility. On 3/15/18 during an interview with the resident, he/she confirmed that he/she smokes a few times during the day. Resident #17 indicated he/she has to go outside through the parking lot and up a slight hill to the area where he/she smokes. The medical record lacks evidence of resident capabilities and that the facility has taken precautions for resident individual safety. 2020-09-01