cms_SC: 6121

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
6121 RIDGELAND NURSING CENTER INC 425132 1516 GRAYS HIGHWAY RIDGELAND SC 29936 2014-04-17 155 D 0 1 0N2F11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the survey, based on record review and interview, the facility failed to assess Resident #47 to determine decision-making capacity for health care decisions. (1 of 20 sampled residents reviewed for the ability to make health care decisions.) Resident # 47's decision related to advanced directives were signed for by a family member without first determining the resident's ability to make his/her own healthcare decisions. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #47 with the [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the resident's medical record on 4/15/14 at approximately 3:26 PM, revealed Resident #47 had a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order as an Advance Directive. Further review of the medical record revealed there was no documentation the resident had been assessed for decision-making capacity for health care decisions. Review of the Request Concerning Life-Prolonging Procedures form noted that the resident was a DNR and it had been signed by the resident's daughter During an interview on Interview on 4/16/14 at approximately 10:13 AM with the Social Services Director, s/he stated that Resident #47's son (not the daughter) was the designated Health Care Power of Attorney and additionally verified that the resident had not been assessed for decision-making capacity. 2018-05-01