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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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940 TRINITY HEALTH CARE OF MINGO 515069 100 HILLCREST DRIVE WILLIAMSON WV 25661 2019-05-17 923 E 0 1 06KF11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, resident interview, resident family interview, and staff interview the facility failed to ensure adequate ventilation in a communal resident television lounge room, adjoining hallways, and in nearby resident's room as evidenced by the strong cigarette smoke odor lingering in the facility during and after the resident's smoke breaks. This practice has the potential to affect more than a limited number of residents and more than a limited area is affected. Resident identifiers: R#14 and R#28. Facility census: 75. Findings included: a) Resident #14 and #28 On 05/13/19 at 11:22 AM, this surveyor was walking in the hallway between the two nurses' stations, when encountering an overwhelming strong smell of cigarette smoke. The Assistant Director of Nurses (ADON #50) appeared in the hallway coming from the communal television, the surveyor asked ADON #50 if they allowed the residents to smoke inside the building. ADON #50 replied, No they have to go outside to smoke. Looking through the television lounge doorway, observations revealed three (3) residents in wheelchairs right outside the door smoking in the courtyard and two (2) more residents in wheelchairs in the television lounge opening the door trying to go through the doorway to the outside. Interview with Resident (R#28)'s daughter, on 05/13/19 at 11:26 AM, revealed during the interview the daughter requested to stop the interview long enough for her to get up and close the resident's door to the room. The daughter stated, It must be time for the smokers to start smoking, the only way we can deal with it is if I close the door and turn on the exhaust fan in the bathroom. It helps some. The daughter said the facility took good care of her mother the only issue she has is the smoke smell that comes into the room. When asked if she ever told anyone about the smoke smell, the daughter stated it's been a while ago when a maintenance man came in the room change a filter in the heating system. I asked him about an air purifier because of the smoke smell, but I did not follow up on it, and that's been a while ago. The daughter was not sure of the maintenance man's name. The daughter also stated the smoke smell really bothers her mother's roommate. On 05/16/19 at 11:52 AM, review of Resident (R#28) records revealed one of the resident's [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 05/13/19 at 02:58 PM, an interview with Resident (R#14) revealed the resident can smell smoke in her room. R#14 said, It gives me a migraine. I don't smoke. When asked R#14 said she told staff about the smoke smell but could not give a name of the staff she told. Multiple observations throughout the survey revealed residents that smoke, travel through the communal television lounge room to the exit door that opens to the outside courtyard. The designated smoking area is in the courtyard right outside the communal television lounge room's door. The communal television lounge room can be used both by smokers and non-smokers. The communal television lounge room smells of cigarette smoke even when no one is outside smoking or anyone's in the room. Cigarette smoke at times was so heavy it can be smelled at both nursing stations on either end of the hallway that was outside of the communal Television lounge. This surveyor requested the director of nursing (DON) to take a stroll with this surveyor down the hallway outside the communal television lounge, on 05/15/19 at 11:55 AM. The DON strolled with this surveyor and confirmed the smoke smell was strong and agreed the facility needed better ventilation in that area. The DON said she would see that it was addressed. 2020-09-01