cms_ME: 40

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
40	BARRON CENTER	205011	1145 BRIGHTON AVE	PORTLAND	ME	4102	2018-12-07	656	D	0	1	OYJ711	Based on interviews and record review, the facility failed to develop a care plan to meet the safety needs of 1 of 1 residents reviewed for smoking (Resident #45). Finding: On 12/3/18 at 12:29 p.m., Resident #45 stated to the surveyor he was heading out to smoke. He stated he kept his own cigarettes and lighter with him at all times. On 12/4/18 at 7:18 a.m., the surveyor observed Resident #45 smoking in a designated smoking area with appropriate safety measures in place. A review of the Facility's Smoking Policy - Residents, dated (MONTH) (YEAR), indicated: 6. The resident will be evaluated on admission to determine if her or she is a smoker or non-smoker. If a smoker, the evaluation will include: a. Current level of tobacco consumption; b. Method of tobacco consumption (traditional cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; pipe, etc.); c. Desire to quit smoking, if a current smoker; and d. Ability to smoke safely without supervision. On review of Resident #45's comprehensive care plan, initiated 6/27/18 and revised 9/21/18, the surveyor could not find evidence that the care plan included an evaluation and monitoring of safe smoking practices. In an interview with the Registered Nurse, Unit Manager on 12/4/18 at approx 2:00 p.m., the surveyor confirmed that the clinical record did not have a completed evaluation on Resident #45 to determine the Resident's ability to smoke safely without supervision and the care plan did not include safe smoking practices.	2020-09-01