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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
5 PINE LODGE 515001 405 STANAFORD ROAD BECKLEY WV 25801 2018-02-09 684 D 1 0 3JZJ11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on record review and staff interview, the facility failed to provide a resident with the necessary care and services to maintain the highest practicable level of well-being for one (1) of three (3) sample resident reviewed for neglect during a complaint investigation. The facility failed to obtain a physician's orders [REDACTED].#92, after being diagnosed with [REDACTED]. Resident identifier: #92. Facility census: 107. Findings include: a) Resident #92 On 02/05/18 at 12:48 PM, review of records revealed Resident #92, a legally blind paraplegic (paralysis of legs and lower body) with [MEDICAL CONDITION] bladder, totally dependent for all care, was admitted to the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) on 12/11/17 due to complaints of numbness of his arms, inability to raise his arms, and nausea. Resident returned to the facility on [DATE] with a new [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. C1 indicates the first cervical vertebrae. Cervical vertebrae are bones that are a part of the neck. C1 is located at the base of the head. Compression or a pinching of the C5 nerve can produce numbness, paresthesia (pins and needles), and paralysis of the arms. Records show Resident #92's forearms, wrists, and hands were affected and symptomatic from the C5 compression. Review of medical records from VAMC physician progress notes [REDACTED]. C5 shows chronic cord compression possibly from an old trauma. Review of VAMC physician progress notes [REDACTED]. Resident#92 returned to the facility and with a soft cervical collar. Interview with the Minimum Data Set Registered Nurse (RN#49), on 02/07/18 at 11:55 AM, revealed the resident was found to have cord compression of his cervical spine and a fracture. RN#49 said this was found after the resident was admitted to the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), on 12/11/17, due to suddenly having problems with both his arms. RN#49 said the VAMC recommended the soft cervical collar. When asked where the physician's orders [REDACTED].#49 after reviewing the record, said she could not find an order. RN#49 agreed a follow up for orders for the resident's current care needs due to the new [DIAGNOSES REDACTED].#49 requested the Coordinator Health Information Management, Staff#73, to try and locate a order for the soft cervical collar. The Coordinator Health Information Management Staff#73, on 01/07/18 at 12:17 PM, agreed there should have been an order for [REDACTED]. 2020-09-01