cms_TN: 11429

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
11429	ST BARNABAS AT SISKIN HOSPITAL	445008	1 SISKEN PLAZA	CHATTANOOGA	TN	37403	2012-03-07	166	D	0	1	51I011	Based on review of the resident council meeting minutes and group interview, the facility failed to resolve grievances regarding staffing shortages and not enough linen on weekends. The findings included: Review of the Resident Council Meeting minutes dated August 3, 2011, September 9, 2011, October 6, 2011, November 10, 2011, December 2, 2011, January 5, 2012, and February 3, 2012, revealed residents complained of not enough nursing staff and the continued need for more help. Continued review revealed resident complaints of not enough linen on the weekends. Interview with residents at a group meeting on March 5, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., in the chapel room, revealed complaints of the facility not addressing the issue of needing more staff during meal trays time, and answering call lights. Continued interview revealed the residents had complained of not having enough linen on the weekends. Continued interview revealed the residents' complaints had not been addressed. Interview with the Activities Director on March 5, 2012, at 3:30 p.m., in the Activities Director office, revealed if concerns during the resident council meetings are identified, the information is given to the respectful department. Interview with the Director of Nursing and Administrator on March 7, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in the Administrator's office, confirmed there was no documentation of the investigation for the resident council complaints or follow up for the grievances.	2016-01-01