cms_DC: 35

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
35 WASHINGTON CTR FOR AGING SVCS 95014 2601 18TH STREET NE WASHINGTON DC 20018 2018-09-26 550 D 0 1 PSFH11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review and staff interview for (1) one of 38 sampled residents facility staff failed to provide incontinent care in a dignified manner by leaving resident unattended and unclothed (exposed). Resident# 116 Findings included Resident admitted to the facility on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Review on 9/21/18 at 2:30 PM of the Annual Minimum Data Set ((MDS) dated [DATE] showed Section C (Cognitive Patterns) Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) resident is scored as 0 which indicate resident is rarely/never understood. Section G (Functional Status) resident is coded as 4' totally dependent on staff for activities of daily living (dressing, toilet use, bathing, and personal hygiene). Observation on 9/21/18 at 2:00 PM showed Resident# 116 lying in bed exposed with privacy curtain partially drawn. Employee# 22 entered the room holding towels and stated I just left for a minute I am changing her diaper, I should have covered her (resident) up, I am sorry. During an interview on 9/21/18 at 2:00 PM Employee# 13, Nursing Supervisor, stated yes, I see the resident, this is a problem I will take care of it. Review of the nursing care plan, a problem start date of 2/9/18 Resident has potential for skin breakdown due to her being incontinent of bowel and bladder; Approach: Maintain resident's dignity and privacy when providing care. Facility staff failed to provide incontinent care with dignity by leaving resident unclothed (exposed) and vulnerable. During a face-to-face interview at the time of the observation on 9/21/18 at 2:00 PM, Employees #13 and #22 acknowledged the finding. 2020-09-01