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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
10198 ELLEN SAGAR NURSING HOME 425012 1817 JONESVILLE HIGHWAY UNION SC 29379 2010-09-15 225 D     A4CW11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey, based on record review, interview, and review of the policy provided by the facility entitled "Alleged Violations of Mistreatment, Neglect and Abuse Including Injuries of Unknown Origin and Misappropriation of Property" dated 2/09, the facility failed to complete a thorough investigation for one of one reportable incidents reviewed for misappropriation of funds. The findings included: One of three reportable incidents reviewed on 9/15/10 revealed that a resident reported $44.00 missing from his room on 9/7/10. According to the DHEC (Department of Health and Environmental Control) Five-Day Follow-Up Report dated 9/13/10, "He had noticed this the week prior to the report". Under "Witnesses and other Staff on duty at time of/or prior to Reportable Incident:", there was nothing written. According to the report, the missing money had been reported by the facility to the Union County Sheriff's Office on 9/8/10. The "Summary Report of Facility Investigation:" stated "(Resident) keeps various items in the basket where he reported the money had been stored. (Numerous pieces of mail, straws, playing cards, and various other items). He has been reminded again to lock up any large amounts of money." Attached to the Five-Day Follow-Up Report was a letter dated May 4, 2010 from the Administrator addressed to residents and their families reminding them that the facility could store valuables and that residents are encouraged to not keep any items of personal or monetary value in their room. The letter went on to state that "The facility will take every precaution to protect belongings but cannot be accountable for valuables left in resident rooms". There were no resident or staff statements attached or evidence of a thorough investigation being completed. During an interview on 9/15/10 at approximately 12:30 PM, the Social Services Director (SSD) stated the resident had a history of [REDACTED]. After reviewing the Five-Day Follow-Up Report, she verified there were no resident or staff statements included. When asked if she had asked any of the staff about the missing money, she said "We felt like, they know to report. We thought it would be ineffective to ask each one." She went on to state that they had thought it best if the Sheriff's Department handled it. The SSD stated staff receive inservices on misappropriation. She then stated they did ask staff present at the time of the report if anyone knew about missing money, however, they did not get any statements and did not check to see which staff may have been on duty at the time of the alleged incident. The SSD had questions about where to draw the line as far as who to interview during an investigation. Review of the policy entitled "Alleged Violations of Mistreatment, Neglect and Abuse Including Injuries of Unknown Origin and Misappropriation of Property" on 9/15/10 revealed "Investigation procedures for allegations of misappropriation of resident property are as follows: ...The individual assigned to conduct the investigation will conduct a thorough investigation of the allegation. Areas/items that may be included as appropriate in the investigation include: a. An interview with the person reporting the missing items, b. A search of the resident's room for the missing items, c. an interview with the resident, as medically appropriate, e. An interview with the alleged individual accused of taking the residents' property, if known, f. Interviews with staff members, g. Interviews with the resident's roommate, family members, and visitors as appropriate...". 2014-03-01