cms_SC: 6255

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
6255 SALUDA NURSING CENTER 425081 581 NEWBERRY HIGHWAY SALUDA SC 29138 2014-04-30 367 D 0 1 0D6111 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** On the days of the Recertification Survey, based on record review, observations and interviews, the facility failed to provide the therapeutic diet, NAS (no added salt), as ordered to Resident #12, 1 of 5 residents reviewed prescribed a therapeutic diet. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #12 on 4/25/14 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 4/28/14 at 2:25 PM, record review of a Dietary screening dated 4/28/14 revealed the resident was on a regular consistency, NAS diet. The resident was identified as alert and orientated. An individual interview was conducted on 4/29/14 and during the interview, the resident stated s/he had no restrictions on his/her diet. On 4/29/14 at 12:35 PM, Resident #12 was observed eating lunch. The resident's lunch tray included a salt packet which the resident confirmed s/he had used. On 4/30/14 at 12:55 PM, Resident #12's lunch tray was observed which again included a salt packet. The salt packet was open and the resident confirmed s/he had used the salt. During an interview on 4/30/14 at approximately 3:45 PM, Resident #12 stated salt is usually included on the lunch and dinner trays but not on the breakfast trays. The resident further stated s/he didn't always use it, but it depended on what was served. Resident #12 further stated that all s/he was told was that s/he was on a regular diet. 2018-04-01