cms_AL: 41

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
41 PLANTATION MANOR NURSING HOME 15015 6450 OLD TUSCALOOSA HIGHWAY P O BOX 97 MC CALLA AL 35111 2018-04-19 730 C 0 1 K9LV11 Based on record reviews, an interview, and a review of a facility policy titled, IN-SERVICE TRAINING POLICY, the facility failed to ensure evidence could be provided for four CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants) receiving 12 hours of mandatory annual training. This was observed in four of four CNA training records reviewed. Findings Include: A review of an undated facility policy titled, IN-SERVICE TRAINING POLICY, revealed: Employees will receive training (in-service) according to (Name of Facility) INCs (Incorporation's) requirements, and state and federal requirements. Procedure . D The facility will provide at least 12 hours of in-service training annually to include dementia & (and) abuse training. A review of inservice sign-in sheets provided to the surveyor revealed four CNAs names had been highlighted. However, there were no documented start/end times or number of hours for the in-services that were provided. There was no evidence of how many in-service hours the CNA's had obtained. An interview was conducted with EI (Employee Identifier) #7, the ADON (Assistant Director of Nursing), on 4/19/18 at 1:16 PM. EI #7 was asked who was responsible for ensuring CNAs received 12 hours of continuing education each year. EI #7 answered, I am. EI #7 was asked who was responsible for ensuring CNAs received training to include abuse and dementia care and she stated she was responsible. EI #7 was asked had CNAs received training to include abuse and dementia care and she answered, Yes. EI #7 was asked if she could provide evidence of the number of hours of training the CNAs had received and she answered, No. EI #7 was asked what was the facility's policy regarding annual training for CNAs. EI #7 answered, That they should receive 12 hours of inservice training per calendar year. EI #7 was asked what was the concern of not being able to verify CNAs had received 12 hours of training. EI #7 answered, I would not be able to prove that they got the training. 2020-09-01