cms_AK: 94

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
94 PROVIDENCE TRANSITIONAL CARE CENTER 25018 910 COMPASSION CIRCLE ANCHORAGE AK 99504 2018-07-13 565 E 0 1 FK4811 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on interview and record review the facility failed to actively encourage and notify the residents (census of 47) participation in Resident Council meetings. This failed practice denied the residents' right to participate in resident group meetings and advocate for themselves. Findings: During an interview on 7/11/18 at 10:00 am, at an arranged meeting with residents, the residents present at the meeting (Resident #'s 15, 17, 30, 31 and 195) stated that they were not aware that the facility had a Resident Council and had not been invited to any Resident Council meetings. Record review on 7/9-13/18 revealed: Resident #15 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] Resident #17 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] Resident #30 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] Resident #31 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] Resident #195 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] During an interview on 7/13/18 at 1:40 pm, with the Director of Nursing and Quality Director, when it was brought to their attention that the residents were not aware of a Resident Council, they stated it could be fixed easily. Review of the facility's policy titled Resident Council, dated 7/1/17, revealed . (PTCC) recognize the residents' right to organize and participate in resident or family groups in the facility. Further review of the policy revealed .4. Each resident is a voting member of their facility's council and is encouraged to attend and participate in Council meetings. 2020-09-01