cms_TN: 329

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
329 ALEXIAN VILLAGE OF TENNESSEE 445123 671 ALEXIAN WAY SIGNAL MOUNTAIN TN 37377 2017-10-25 253 B 0 1 QBNE11 Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to maintain the walls in good repair in 4 of 19 rooms on 1 of 4 floors. The findings included: Observation of room 505 on 10/23/17 at 2:15 PM revealed there were several areas with white mudding (compound to smooth drywall) on the painted green wall at the head of the bed. Observation and interview with the Maintenance Director on 10/24/17 at 3:50 PM of the wall in room 505 revealed there were 9 areas of mudding on the wall, with the largest area measuring approximately 36 inches in length. Continued interview confirmed the wall was in need of repair/painting. Interview with the facility's painter with the Maintenance Director present on 10/24/17 at 4:00 PM, in the hallway revealed the wall had been mudded 6 months ago and confirmed the green wall had not been repainted after the mudding. Observation and interview with the Maintenance Director on 10/25/17 at 9:30 AM of the walls in rooms 503, 513, and 519, confirmed the walls had areas of sheetrock showing and were in need of repair. 2020-09-01