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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
68 GUARDIAN ELDER CARE AT WHEELING 515002 20 HOMESTEAD AVENUE WHEELING WV 26003 2019-08-06 656 D 0 1 WJ7O11 Based on record review, hospice contract review and staff interview, the facility failed to implement and/or develop a comprehensive person-centered care plan. A resident's call light was not within reach as directed by their care plan and a resident receiving hospice services did not have a care plan that included a detailed description of the services being provided. These practices affected two (2) of thirty-one (31) residents reviewed during the Long Term Care Survey Process (LTCSP). Resident identifiers: #111 and #130. Facility census: 140. Findings included: a) Resident #111 An observation of the Resident, on 07/30/19 at 08:39 AM, revealed she was in bed. The call light was hanging off the side of the bed and was not within reach of the Resident. An interview with the Resident, on 07/30/19 at 8:40 AM, revealed she did not know where her call light was. An interview with Nurse Aide (NA) #100, on 07/30/19 at 8:45 AM, revealed all call lights should be within reach while residents are in bed. The NA placed the call light within reach. A review of the Resident's Care Plan, on 07/30/19 at 10:15 AM, revealed the focus History of falls with the intervention keep call light within reach. The Care Plan was initiated on 3/31/2017. b) Resident #130 On 07/31/19 at 11:45 AM, review of the medical record revealed Resident #130 was admitted to Hospice services on 07/19/19. Review of the care plan revealed an intervention created on 07/19/19 stating (typed as written): . Hospice staff to visit to provide care, assistance and/or evaluation . The care plan lacked a goal related to Hospice care and/or services. After review of the care plan on 07/31/19 at 12:35 PM, the Director of Nursing (DON) agreed the care plan was not individualized with measurable goals and interventions. She further agreed the care plan did not specify what Hospice staff would visit and when the visits would occur. 2020-09-01