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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
54 BELLA TERRA OF BILLINGS 275020 1807 24TH ST W BILLINGS MT 59102 2016-12-15 241 D 0 1 PSRD11 Based on interviews, observations, and record review, the facility failed to provide a resident with a bath, and make a resident's bed as requested, for one (#7) of 19 sampled residents. Findings include: 1. During an interview on 12/13/16 at 8:35 a.m., resident #7 stated that she had only received a bath one time per week. She stated that she had asked for a bath more frequently but had not been allowed, and had not able to pick the time she wanted a bath. The resident stated she wanted a bath at least two times per week but had not been able to get one when she had asked the staff. Resident #7 stated she had felt stinky. The resident stated she had not refused any of her baths. During an observation on 12/13/16 at 8:35 a.m., resident #7 was sitting in her wheelchair in her room. The resident had a strong body odor present during an interview with a surveyor. During an interview on 12/13/16 at 9:00 a.m., staff member [NAME] stated resident #7 had refused her bath sometimes when she had already been dressed for the day. She stated staff utilized the Bath Aide Skin Assessments for the residents. A review of the facility's Bath Aide Skin Assessments showed that resident #7 had received only one bath in (MONTH) (YEAR), three baths in (MONTH) (YEAR), five baths in November, and three baths up until 12/13, in December. 2. A review of the facility's Resident Council Complaint Forms, showed residents had complained of beds being unmade on 4/4/16 and 11/7/16. During an interview on 12/13/16 at 8:35 a.m., resident #7 stated her bed had finally been made, that day. The resident also stated that she would like her bed to be made every day, but it had not been made every day. During an interview on 12/13/16 at 9:15 a.m., staff member F stated resident rooms should be cleaned daily, which would include making the bed. During an observation on 12/14/16 at 2:55 p.m., resident #7 had been sitting in her wheelchair, in her room. The bed had not been made, and the pillows were at the foot of the bed. Review of the facility's Daily General Cleaning Policy showed that the resident rooms were to be cleaned daily. 2020-09-01