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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
872 VALLEY FALLS TERRACE 425096 400 LOCUST GROVE ROAD SPARTANBURG SC 29303 2019-03-22 607 D 1 1 07YM11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on record review, interview and review of the facility's Abuse and Neglect Policy, the facility failed to implement their policy for identifying and reporting an allegation of neglect to the facility timely for Resident #17, 1 of 6 residents reviewed for abuse. The findings included: The facility admitted Resident #17 on 07/01/18 with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review on 03/19/19 at 03:21 PM of the Five-Day Follow-Up Report dated 10/05/18 indicated the Resident #17's niece called the Director of Nursing (DON) on 10/03/18 and alleged neglect related to incontinent care. Review of the staff statements indicated Resident #17 reported the incident to the second shift CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants) at 03:05 PM on 10/02/18 and it was reported to a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and a Registered Nurse (RN) at that time. Review of the facility's Leadership Policies and Procedures Section III: Organizational Ethics; Subject: Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, or mistreatment, revised 11/1/2017 page LP-III-5 revealed Component V: Reporting/Response 1. All alleged violations concerning abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property are reported verbally immediately to the Facility Abuse Coordinator, the Administrator and other officials in accordance with state law including the State Survey and Certification Agency (nurse aide registry or licensing authorities). During an interview on 03/20/19 at 10:24 AM, the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed the facility was aware of the incident on 10/02/18 after two CNAs reported the allegation of neglect to an LPN and an RN and that the report was not made timely to the State Agency per the regulation and the facility's policy. The DON further stated that s/he became aware of the incident after the resident's family member made the allegation on 10/03/18. The DON stated s/he became aware that the staff were aware of the allegation on 10/02/18 when s/he obtained the staff statements on 10/03/18. During an interview on 03/22/19 at 12:14 PM, the DON and Nursing Home administrator confirmed that the facility staff did not identify the allegation of neglect and that the policy was not followed related to reporting. 2020-09-01