cms_AL: 38

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
38	PLANTATION MANOR NURSING HOME	15015	6450 OLD TUSCALOOSA HIGHWAY P O BOX 97	MC CALLA	AL	35111	2018-04-19	577	C	0	1	K9LV11	Based on observations, interview, and a review of a facility policy titled, MEGA RULE REVIEW TOOL, the facility failed to ensure postings for the local and state ombudsman included an electronic mailing address. This was observed on one of three survey days and had the potential to affect all ninety-eight residents that reside in the facility. Findings Include: A review of an undated facility document titled, MEGA RULE REVIEW TOOL, revealed: . Resident Rights . Furnish a list of names, addresses (mailing and email), and telephone numbers of all pertinent State regulatory and information agencies, resident advocacy groups . the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program . An observation was made on 4/17/18 at 2:57 PM of the Ombudsman poster in the main lobby and on the east wing. The posters did not have the Ombudsman's email address listed. An observation was made on 4/17/18 at 5:15 PM of three posters with the Ombudsman's information. The Ombudsman's email address was not listed in the information. An interview was conducted with EI (Employee Identifier) #3, the Social Services designee, on 4/19/18 at 12:34 PM. EI #3 was asked who was responsible for ensuring contact information posted in the facility was complete and she answered, Me. EI #3 was asked what postings should be available to the residents and visitors. EI #3 answered, We have to have the local and state ombudsman, the elder abuse neglect exploitation hotline, and complaint hotline. EI #3 was asked what should those postings include. EI #3 answered, Name, address, email address, and phone number. EI #3 was asked had all of those requirements been included on the posters in the facility during the survey. EI #3 answered, Not the email address. EI #3 was asked what was the concern of posted contact information not including an email address. EI #3 answered, If they couldn't reach them on the phone, they may be able to reach them via email.	2020-09-01