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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
871 VALLEY FALLS TERRACE 425096 400 LOCUST GROVE ROAD SPARTANBURG SC 29303 2019-03-22 550 E 0 1 07YM11 Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to promote an environment that enhanced the dignity of the residents for 3 of 3 meal observations. The findings include: During An observation on 3/18/19 at 5:38 PM on the A Hall in the Dining Room, it was observed that milk and juice was being served to 6 residents while still in the carton. At 5:43 PM on 3/18/19, meal delivery service on the A Hall revealed 10 residents receiving milk, juice, and thickened liquids concentrate on their meal carts with no cups or glasses being made available to them, only a straw. During an interview with Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #1 on 3/18/19 at 6:15 PM s/he verified that the residents did not have cups or glasses provided to them with meals. S/he stated, I do not believe I have ever seen them given cups. During an interview on 3/21/19 at 9:05 AM, the Kitchen Supervisor stated that they were unaware that drinks should be served out of glasses/cups and not the cartons. S/he also confirmed that the kitchen was not providing additional cups/glasses for the residents during meal times when milk, juice, and other liquids were being served in their prepackaged cartons. On 3/18/19 at approximately 6:00 PM, during an observation of the A Hall dining room (5) residents were served milk in cartons with a straw in them. During observation of the dining service on the B Hall on 03/18/19 at approximately 05:45 PM, 5 of 7 residents observed received milk in a carton with a straw. No glass was offered, and the residents were not asked if they preferred their milk in a glass. 2020-09-01