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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
1 NHC HEALTHCARE, OAKWOOD 445002 244 OAKWOOD DR LEWISBURG TN 37091 2019-05-31 609 D 1 1 4KQP11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to report an allegation of abuse for 1 of 3 (Resident #53) sampled residents reviewed for abuse. The findings include: The facility's Patient Protection .for Allegations/Incidents of Abuse . policy revised 12/11/17 documented, .The patient has the right to be free from abuse .5. Identification Policy .Any patient event that is reported to any partner by patient .will be considered an allegation of .abuse .if it meets any of the following criteria .patient or family complaint of physical or verbal harm, pain or mental anguish resulting from the actions of others .6. Reporting Policy .It is the policy of this facility that abuse allegations .are reported per Federal and State Law . Medical record review revealed Resident #53 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review of the quarterly Minimum Data Set ((MDS) dated [DATE] revealed a Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS) of 13, which indicated the resident was cognitively intact for decision making, required extensive assistance with activities of daily living, and had functional limitations in range of motion with impairment in both of her lower extremities. Review of the facility investigation of Resident #53's allegation of abuse revealed no documentation the abuse allegation was reported to the State. Interview with the Administrator on 5/29/19 at 5:09 PM in the Conference Room, the Administrator was asked when he was made aware of the allegation of abuse by Resident #53. The Administrator confirmed he was made aware of the allegation on 5/16/19, the day the allegation was made. The Administrator was asked if the allegation was reported to the State and the Administrator stated, .No. Interview with Resident #53 on 5/30/19 at 7:55 AM, in Resident #53's room, Resident #53 was asked if she had ever been abused or mistreated in the facility. Resident #53 stated, Well, uh .an aide .she just was rough . Resident #53 confirmed she reported the incident. Resident #53 stated she reported, That I thought she was physically and verbally abusing me. Resident #53 was asked if she was satisfied with the way the investigation was handled by the facility. Resident #53 stated, Yeah, I didn't want to make a big deal about it . Resident #53 confirmed that she felt safe in the facility. 2020-09-01