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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
150 CARLYLE SENIOR CARE OF AIKEN 425014 123 DUPONT DR NORTHEAST AIKEN SC 29801 2018-11-30 578 D 0 1 JLSM11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on interview, record review, and review of the facility policy titled Resident Right to Formulate Advance Directives, the facility failed to ensure accuracy for 2 of 2 residents reviewed for advance directives. The findings included: Resident #51 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Review of his/her medical record on [DATE] showed that on [DATE] the Patient Self-Determination Act was signed by the Responsible Party (RP) indicating desires to have a living will or medical proxy. Additional review showed only an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order signed on [DATE]. An interview with the Director of Nursing (DON) on [DATE] at 3:49 PM indicated there was no Physician's Order for a DNR nor was there any documentation indicating the Resident's inability to make health care decisions. Review of the facility's policy titled, Resident Right to Formulate Advance Directives, on [DATE] indicated the facility will periodically assess the resident for decision-making abilities and approach the health care proxy or legal representative if the resident is determined not to have decision making capabilities. The facility admitted Resident #135 on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the Admission 5-day Minimum Data Set assessment revealed the resident had both short- and long-term memory problems with severely impaired decision-making ability. Record review on [DATE] at 8:53 AM revealed a full-page bright green form noting FULL CODE in the front of the medical record. Physician's Orders also noted the resident as a full code. Review of the Care Plan on [DATE] at 9:48 AM revealed Problem/Need #1: I desire advanced directives/DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) as of [DATE]. Approaches included to Honor my request for DNR status and Do not perform CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) on me. During an interview on [DATE] at 11:38 AM, when asked individually how they would determine a resident's code status in case of an emergency, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #1 and Registered Nurse (RN) #1 opened the medical record to the bright green page indicating the resident was a full code. Both nurses verified there was no documentation under the advance directives tab in the medical record. RN #1 reviewed the Care Plan and confirmed that it noted that a DNR advance directive was effective [DATE]. After further record review, the RN also confirmed there was no Physician's Order for DNR. During an interview on [DATE] at 11:58 AM, the Director of Nurses (DON) reviewed and verified the Care Plan and full code form. On [DATE] at 9:29 AM, the DON stated, They should not have added DNR to the Care Plan until the certification by 2 physicians of inability to make health care decisions had been completed. 2020-09-01