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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
1903 SANDPIPER REHAB & NURSING 425146 1049 ANNA KNAPP BOULEVARD MOUNT PLEASANT SC 29464 2019-11-22 550 D 1 1 02V311 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on observation, interview, and review of facility policy, the facility failed to ensure the protection of dignity as evidenced by staff not awaiting a response prior to entering the room of 1 of 1 sampled residents reviewed for customer service (Resident #140), and responding poorly to a resident inquiring about receiving medication during a random observation on 1 of 4 Units. The findings included: During a random observation on 11/20/19 at approximately 3:58 PM, a resident asked the nurse on duty about his/her medication. The nurse responded, I don't have you. in a very short manner and upon seeing this surveyor repeated in a softer tone I don't have you. The nurse did not offer a solution to the resident's concern. In an interview on 11/20/19 at approximately 4:30 PM, the Director of Nursing confirmed the response was not appropriate and the resident should have been given further assistance. The facility admitted Resident #140 on 06/28/2018 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the medical record on 11/18/2019 at approximately 11:00 AM revealed that the resident had a BI[CONDITION] (Brief Interview for Mental Status) of 13. During a resident interview on 11/18/2019 at 12:33 PM, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #2 entered the room without knocking. During the interview, resident #140 stated that some of the nurses and CNA's can be verbally rude with their tones at times. Resident #140 also stated that she believed some staff were only there for a paycheck and do not truly care about the residents. On 11/19/2019 at 11:26, several CNA's were observed on the 300 wing failing to knock on residents' doors and wait a proper amount of time before entering. On [DATE] at 10:13 AM, an interview with Nurse #1 related to expectations of staff before entering resident rooms revealed, staff are expected to knock and wait at 15-20 seconds for a response before entering into a resident's room if the resident is able to communicate. Review of facility policy titled, Quality of Life-Dignity on [DATE] at approximately 11:30 AM revealed Residents' private space and property shall be respected at all times. Staff will knock and request permission before entering residents' rooms. The policy continued by stating that Staff shall speak respectfully to residents at all times, including addressing the resident by his or her name of choice and not labeling or referring to the resident by his or her room number. 2020-09-01