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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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239 ELKINS REGIONAL CONVALESCENT CENTER 515025 1175 BEVERLY PIKE ELKINS WV 26241 2019-10-08 609 D 1 0 RZPJ11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based upon staff interview, observation and record review, the facility failed to ensure that an allegation of neglect was reported to the state survey agency and the state protective services agency. A resident's responsible party made a complaint that after she requested he be put to bed, her family member was left unattended in his wheelchair for two hours in his room, resulting in a fall. This was found for one (1) of seven (7) residents reviewed. Resident identifier: #54. Facility census: 103. Findings included: a) Resident #54 Record review revealed a complaint documented on 09/03/19 from a family member to Social Worker #132. The description of the concern was (typed as written): MPOA (Medical Power of Attorney) concerned that she left resident at 7:30 (PM) with his call light on to lay down and he fell at 9:30 (PM) from his wheelchair. (The incident report for the fall also documented he was found on the floor in front of his wheelchair.) Niece had requested he be transferred to bed or wheelchair to prevent fall. (Social Worker #132 explained on 10/8/19 at 2:35 PM she meant to write recliner but wrote wheelchair in error.) She feels he is not being repositioned or moved out of wheelchair and gets tired. The niece remarked she .would like resident to not be left in wheelchair unattended. Move to recliner or bed. Social Worker #132 stated on 10/8/19 at 2:35 PM she had educated Nursing Staff to not leave resident #54 in his wheelchair unattended previously on 8/20/19, and this had been added to his care plan. A care plan note written by Social Worker #132 on 8/20/19 stated in part (typed as written): Resident's niece attended meeting. Resident lacks capacity and is a full code. His niece is his POA and MPO[NAME] He has a [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. He takes [MEDICATION NAME] and [MEDICATION NAME]. Niece would like him to be out of his wheelchair and in his bed or recliner more during the day. The investigation of the complaint was done by Administrator #144. During an interview on 10/8/19 at 2:47 PM, Administrator #144 agreed resident #54 had been left in his wheelchair for two hours after the niece had left the building. She agreed Nursing staff had been requested to transfer him to bed. She was advised the niece's expressed complaint on the morning after the fall, 9/3/19 that after she had requested resident #54 be put to bed, he was instead left in his wheelchair for two more hours unattended and then fell was an allegation of neglect, and should have been reported as such to all appropriate agencies. She acknowledged understanding of the statement. d) The review of resident #54's record found sufficient evidence to substantiate the facility failed to report an allegation of abuse/neglect. 2020-09-01