cms_AZ: 31

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
31 DESERT TERRACE HEALTHCARE CENTER 35014 2509 NORTH 24TH STREET PHOENIX AZ 85008 2016-11-02 250 E 0 1 VT7X11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on clinical record review and interview, the facility failed to provide medically-related social services for one resident (#124). Findings include: Resident #124 was readmitted on (MONTH) 19, 2014, with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. A review of the clinical record revealed that the resident's BIMS (Brief Interview for Mental Status) score was a 3, which indicated severe cognitive impairment. A dental consultation dated (MONTH) 7, (YEAR), included a recommendation for multiple teeth extractions, as well as instructions for the resident or the resident's medical power of attorney. These included the following: 1. Need Primary Care Physician or Nurse Practitioner signature's for treatment. 2. Responsible party to sign, date, initial, and have witnessed the consent for extractions. 3. Pre medication orders, including a sedative. 5. Specific financial arrangements to be made. However, a review of the clinical record, inclusive of the social services documentation, revealed no documented evidence that anyone was designated or responsible to make informed decisions for this resident. An interview was conducted on (MONTH) 2, (YEAR), with the social service staff (staff #91), who stated that a responsible party had not been obtained to make decisions for this resident. Another interview was conducted on (MONTH) 2, (YEAR) at 1:57 p.m., with staff #99 (corporate resource staff), who stated that the facility did not have a policy to address guardianships or pubic fiduciaries. 2020-09-01