cms_ME: 51

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
51	NEWTON CENTER	205012	35 JULY STREET	SANFORD	ME	4073	2018-12-13	656	E	0	1	IWWA11	Based on interviews and records review, the facility failed to develop a care plan to meet the safety needs of 2 of 2 residents reviewed for smoking (Resident #15 and #47). Findings: 1. On 12/11/18 at 10:23 a.m., during an interview with Resident #15, the surveyor determined the resident smokes cigarettes independently off the facility campus. On 12/12/18 at 9:53 a.m., the surveyor accompanied Resident #15 off campus and continued with the interview. The resident pointed to area that is off-limits to him as he flipped his wheel chair in the past. On review of Resident #15's clinical record, a surveyor noted a smoking reassessment, dated 12/8/18. The reassessment indicated, Yes to the question Plan of care is used to assure resident is safe while smoking? On review of the care plan, written 2/7/18 and most recently reviewed 10/11/18, the surveyor could find no care plan developed to address the smoking safety needs of Resident #15. On 12/12/18 at 11:17 a.m., the surveyor confirmed in an interview with the Director of Nursing that Resident #15's plan of care was not developed to address Resident #15's safety while smoking. 2. On 12/12/18 at 11:45 a.m., during an interview with Resident #47, the Surveyor determined that he/she smokes independently off the facility campus. On review of Resident #47's clinical record, the Surveyor noted a smoking assessment, dated 11/4/18. The assessment indicated, Yes to the question Plan of care is used to assure resident is safe while smoking? On 12/13/18 at 1:10 p.m., the surveyor confirmed in an interview with the Director of Nursing that a plan of care was not developed to address Resident #47's safety while smoking.	2020-09-01